Jainism and Ecology : Nonviolence in the Web of Life Paperback / softback
Edited by Christopher Key Chapple
Part of the Religions of the World and Ecology series
Paperback / softback
Description
The twenty-five-hundred-year-old tradition of Jainism, which emphasizes nonviolence as the only true path leading to liberation, offers a worldview seemingly compatible with the goals of environmental activism.
But can Jainism adopt a sociocentric environmentalism without compromising its own ascetic principles and spiritual tradition?
How does traditional Jain cosmology view the natural world?
How might a Jain ethical system respond to decisions regarding the development of dams, the proliferation of automobiles, overcrowding due to overpopulation, or the protection of individual animal species?
Can there be a Jain environmental activism that addresses both the traditional concern for individual self-purification and the contemporary dilemma of ecosystem degradation?
The voices in this volume reflect the dynamic nature of the Jain faith and its willingness to engage in discussion on a modern social issue.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, none
- Publisher:Harvard University Press
- Publication Date:01/09/2002
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- ISBN:9780945454342
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:304 pages, none
- Publisher:Harvard University Press
- Publication Date:01/09/2002
- Category:
- ISBN:9780945454342
