"Trees Pray for Humanity": Eco-sufism, Nonhuman Agency, and Environmental Ethical Practice in Indonesia
Indonesian Muslims learn, teach, and practice eco-sufism through tree planting activities in East Java, Indonesia. They view trees as sentient beings with agentive capacity to act, shape, and contribute to the formation of humanity’s socio-cultural worlds. The trees are respected not only for their...
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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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2025
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| In: |
Worldviews
Year: 2025, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 195-222 |
| Further subjects: | B
eco-sufism
B Islam B New Materialism B environmental ethical practice |
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| Summary: | Indonesian Muslims learn, teach, and practice eco-sufism through tree planting activities in East Java, Indonesia. They view trees as sentient beings with agentive capacity to act, shape, and contribute to the formation of humanity’s socio-cultural worlds. The trees are respected not only for their material capacities, but also for their spiritual powers, which connects humanity to the divine. This article examines how Muslims engage in Islamic eco-sufism by planting locally significant trees—both spiritually and materially—such as Morinda citrifolia (noni/mengkudu), Manilkara zapota (sawo manila), Manilkara kauki (sawo kecik), and Reutealis trisperma (tung/Kemiri sunan). Furthermore, it situates Islamic eco-sufism within contemporary discussions on new materialism’s ontological turn to better understand how nonhuman trees play crucial roles in shaping socio-cultural worlds and furthermore to revitalize conversations on contemporary environmental ethical practices. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5357 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Worldviews
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685357-02903005 |
