Religions of the World and Ecology Series
Hinduism and Ecology Volume
Mary Evelyn Tucker and Christopher Key Chapple, eds.
Table of Contents
| Preface | Lawrence E. Sullivan |
| Series Foreword | Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim |
| Introduction | Christopher Key Chapple |
| Chapter 1 | The Cultural Underpinnings: Traditional Hindu Concepts of Nature “Dharmic Ecology” O. P. Dwivedi “The Five Great Elements (Pancamahabhuta): An Ecological Perspective” “Nature Romanticism and Sacrifice in Rgvedic Interpretation” “State Responsibility for Environmental Management: Perspectives from Hindu Texts on Polity” “Literary Foundations for an Ecological Aesthetic: Dharma, Ayurveda, the Arts, and Abhijnanasakuntalam” “Reading the Bhagavadgita from an Ecological Perspective” “Can Hindu Beliefs and Values Help India Meet Its Ecological Crisis?” |
| Chapter 2 | Gandhian Philosophy and the Development of an Indigenous Indian Environmental Ethic “Too Deep for Deep Ecology: Gandhi and the Ecological Vision of Life” Vinay Lal “The Inner Logic of Gandhian Ecology” |
| Chapter 3 | Forests in Classic Texts and Traditions “The Natural History of the Ramayana” David Lee “City, Forest, and Cosmos: Ecological Perspectives from the Sanskrit Epics” “‘Sacred Grove’ and Ecology: Ritual and Science” “‘If You Cut a Branch You Cut My Finger’: Court, Forest, and Environmental Ethics in Rajasthan” |
| Chapter 4 | Flowing Sacrality and Risking Profanity: The Yamuna, Ganga, and Narmada Rivers “River of Love in an Age of Pollution” David L. Haberman “Separate Domains: Hinduism, Politics, and Environmental Pollution” “The Narmada: Circumambulation of a Sacred Landscape” “Sacred Rivers, Sacred Dams: Competing Visions of Social Justice and Sustainable Development along the Narmada” “Green and Red, Not Saffron: Gender and the Politics of Resistance in the Narmada Valley” |
| Chapter 5 | Can Hindu Text and Ritual Practice Help Develop Environmental Conscience? “Rituals of Embedded Ecologies: Drawing Kolams, Marrying Trees, and Generating Auspiciousness” Vijaya Nagarajan “The Ritual Capsule of Durga Puja: An Ecological Perspective” “Ethical and Religious Dimensions of Chipko Resistance” |
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Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Glossary Select Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index |
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| Translation: Indian edition: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2001. |
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