RT Book
T1 Praying and Campaigning with Environmental Christians: Green Religion and the Climate Movement
A1 Nita, Maria
LA English
PP New York s.l.
PB Palgrave Macmillan US
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/864762364
AB This book presents an ethnographic study of environmental Christian networks involved in the climate and transition towns movements. Maria Nita examines the ways in which green Christians engage with their communities and networks, as well as other activist networks in the broader green movement. The book interrogates key categories in the field of religious studies which intersect activist concerns, including spirituality, community, and ritual. In this sociological exploration the author uses existing research tools, such as discourse analysis, and proposes new theoretical models for the investigation of network expansion, religious identity, and relationality through ritual. Nita examines the mechanisms underlying the greening of religion and thus offers an in-depth analysis of prayers, rituals, and religious practices, such as praying through painting, fasting for the planet, and sharing the green Eucharist in or with nature
AB Introduction -- 1. Christian Environmentalism: Mapping the Field of Green Christianity -- 2. Methods for the Investigation of Christian Environmentalist Networks -- 3. Theoretical Models for Studying Christian Environmental Networks -- 4. The Green Movement: Climate and Transition -- 5. Christian Environmental Networks -- 6. Profiling Green Christian Activists: Merging Green and Faith Identities -- 7. Spiritual Exercises and Community Building -- 8. Green Ritual: Moving Mountains and the Green Eucharist -- 9. Relating to the Planet: Green Prayer and Fasting for the Planet -- Conclusions -- Bibliography
CN BR1-BR1725
SN 9781137600356
K1 Religion
K1 Renewable energy sources
K1 Alternate energy sources
K1 Green energy industries
K1 Renewable energy resources
K1 Christianity
K1 Theology
K1 Climate Change
K1 Environmental Health
K1 Nature Conservation
DO 10.1057/978-1-137-60035-6