ABSTRACT
The field of “religion and ecology” investigates religious dimensions of ecological relations. What makes a dimension “religious” or a relation “ecological”? Lively debates contest the field’s two organizing concepts and ways of connecting them. Scholars argue over whose conceptions of religion illuminate the relevant phenomena, sometimes suggesting that “culture” or “spirituality” would be more fitting concepts. They also argue over which senses of ecology create the most important intersections, sometimes arguing that “nature” or “environment” would be more inclusive or more accurate.
