The Green "Gītā": Connecting Ontology, Soteriology, and Environmental Ethics
The text of the Bhagavad Gītā is compatible with a favourable ecological reading. I highlight two concurrent worldviews in the text, a world-renouncing worldview and a bhakti worldview, which is simultaneously worldaffirming and world-renouncing. I then argue that the motivation to act for the welfa...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Journal of Hindu-Christian studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 34, Pages: 1-11 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism NAB Fundamental theology NBK Soteriology NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
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| Summary: | The text of the Bhagavad Gītā is compatible with a favourable ecological reading. I highlight two concurrent worldviews in the text, a world-renouncing worldview and a bhakti worldview, which is simultaneously worldaffirming and world-renouncing. I then argue that the motivation to act for the welfare of individuals in nature, such as animals and plants, is consistent with the interconnected normative, soteriological and ontological dimensions of each of these two worldviews. |
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| ISSN: | 2164-6279 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Hindu-Christian studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7825/2164-6279.1797 |