ABSTRACT
The world’s religious communities are increasingly involved in efforts toward fostering an integral ecology of humans and nature. These chapters show how the attitudes and beliefs that shape many people’s concepts of nature around the planet are influenced in part by their religious and cultural worldviews and ethical practices. For each of these authors, the moral imperatives and value systems of religions are indispensible for mobilizing people to shape the trajectories of social-ecological change to enhance ecosystem resilience and human wellbeing. The authors here have a keen awareness of the problems of religions and encourage both appreciative and critical angles regarding religious traditions and communities regarding their attitudes and practices.
