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A Pragmatic Approach to Religion And Sustainability
New Approaches to the Scientific Study of Religion, Band 15
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CHF 200.50 |
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| Verlag: | Springer |
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| Veröffentl.: | 20.09.2024 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783031673603 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 320 |
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<p>This volume outlines various religious practices followed across the global south and highlights their correlation to sustainability. It features more than 30 chapters from scholars across diverse disciplines, including philosophy, economics, ethics, theology, sociology, ritual studies, and education. The interdisciplinary volume mines religious rituals and practices for answers that could aid and alleviate unsustainable lifestyles. Delving deep into the cultural practices of tribal religions in India, the book highlights humanistic elements to establish sustainable ways of thinking, feeling, acting, and being. Including perspectives from Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, and tribal religious traditions, this book is a must for scholars interested in sustainability and religion in the global south.</p>
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<p>Chapter 1. Jain lifestyle: Epitomising discipline, ethics and environment consciousness.- Chapter 2. Managing Self: An Analysis Through Arjun Visada Yoga with Reference to Bhagwad Gita.- Chapter 3. The World Café approach to the Sustainable Buddhist Custom of the Alms Collection on Boat at the Mahasawat Canal in Thailand.- Chapter 4. Pakhala in Jagannath Culture:An Amalgamation of Food, Heritage and Science.- Chapter 5. Re-imagined <em>Tīrtha</em> as Sustainable Management of Pilgrimage, beyond ‘officially’ sacred: Pilgrim, Prayer, and Profit.- Chapter 6. Sustainability in Rabindranath Tagore’s Philosophy of Religion.- Chapter 7. Divine Ideation: Quest for Truth in Annie Besant’s Works.- Chapter 8. Study of sustainable approach inthe temples: an analysis.- Chapter 9. Spiritual Sustainability and Health: An Overview of Tribal Religious Beliefs.- Chapter 10. Indigenisation of Christianity in Oral Tales of Northeastern Naga Communities: An Ecotheological Reading.- Chapter 11. Indigenous Beliefs and Practices for Sustainability among the Mao Nagas.- Chapter 12. Following Other’s Religion and the Problem of ‘Liminal’ Identity: An Eco-Religious Study of the Bhumij Tribe of Bengal.- Chapter 13. Environmental Sustainability through Nature Worship: Understanding the Ecosophy of the North East Indian Indigenous Communities.- Chapter 14. Sustainable Livelihoods of Tribal Religions’ During and Post COVID-19 Period in the State of West Bengal: A Critical Investigation.- Chapter 15. Sarnaism, Spirituality and Sustainability: Understanding Adivasi Religious Belief System and Identity Formation.- Chapter 16. Green Ethics: The Concept of ‘New’ Religion and Sustainability.- Chapter 17. Change and Continuity of Tribal Religion among Soura Tribe in Gajapati District of Odisha.- Chapter 18. Procuring Mental Health through Yoga and Meditation: A Study of Patañjali’s <em>Yoga Sūtras</em>.- Chapter 19. Tracing the Possibility of Human Evolution Through Integral Yoga: An Aurobindonian Method towards Sustainability and Collective Well Being.- Chapter 20. Holistic Health Care Energy Transformation Mahāyāna Buddhist Meditation for Better Living.- Chapter 21. Yoga-meditation practice:a bridge to students’ good mental health.- Chapter 22. Karmic Over-Consumption Indirectly Proportional to Sustainability:Yoga – A Solution?.- Chapter 23. Contribution of religion and spirituality in the wellbeing of individuals.- Chapter 24. The Impact of Insight Meditation on the Development of Mental Health.- Chapter 25. Yoga for sustained happiness and better living: a contemplative enterprise.- Chapter 26. Wings for Ameliorate Leaders: Motivating Students through Spirituality and Religiosity.- Chapter 27. Materialism and Criminal Attitude among Teachers and Students: Moderating role of Religion.- Chapter 28. Christian Religious Moulding for Sustainable Christian Followership through Education: A case study of WOFBI (Nigeria) Leadership Courses.- Chapter 29. Sustenance of spirituality within as the essence of all religion.- Chapter 30. Spiritual Capital and Business Sustainability: A Secular Perspective.</p>
<p>Prof. Deepanjali Mishra earned her PhD in English from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Her Area of interest includes Folklore and Culture studies, Sociolinguistics, English Language Teaching, Management and Cybersecurity and Gender studies, and has over 17 years of teaching and research experience. Deepanjali Organised a National Workshop on Publishing Manuscript in 2019 and International Conference on "Incorporating Folklore studies in Management Practices" in Dec 2017. Her research titled, “A Method For Analyzing And Optimizing Violence Against Women On Social Networking Sites” has been granted patent rights by the Australian Government She has published two books titled 'I am a Woman' with Bahri Publishers New Delhi in 2017 and "Corporate Communication: an insight". She has also published an edited volume titled, "Science and Spiritualism for a Sustainable World" with IGI Global, Pennsylvania publishers in 2019 and "Corporate Communication- an insight" in 2019. Her book titled “Exploring Feminism through Shobha De’s Novels” has recently been published. Her edited volume titled, “Learning How to Learn has been published with Springer LNET. She is the guest editor of Rupkatha, Research Chronicler, Literaria and Indian Journal of Communication. Apart from that she has organized two International Webinars on Interdisciplinary Perspectives of Digital Humanities in 2020 and 21. She has published more 30 research papers in reputed international journals and has presented her papers in various International conferences in India and abroad like IIT, IIM, BHU, South Korea, China and Nepal. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Jeffery D. Long is the Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religion, Philosophy, and Asian Studies at Elizabethtown College, in Pennsylvania, where he has taught since receiving his doctoral degree from the University of Chicago Divinity School in the year 2000. In 2021, Elizabethtown College gave Dr. Long its Ranck Award for Research Excellence. In 2018, he received the Hindu American Foundation’s Dharma Seva Award for his ongoing work to promote accurate, culturally sensitive portrayals of Indic traditions in the American education system and popular media. And in 2013, he gave the inaugural Virchand R. Gandhi Lecture in Jain Studies at Claremont University. He has spoken in a variety of prestigious venues, including the University of Chicago, Yale University, Princeton University, and the United Nations. Dr. Long has published numerous articles and is the author of several books, including Hinduism in America and Jainism: An Introduction, the editor of Perspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, and Scientific, as well as the co-editor, with Christopher Miller and Michael Reading, of Beacons of Dharma and, with Michael Long, of Nonviolence in the World’s Religions. He also co-edited the Buddhism and Jainism and Hinduism and Tribal Religions volumes of the Springer Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. He edits the series Explorations in IndicTraditions: Ethical, Philosophical, and Theological for Lexington Books.</p><p><br></p>
<p>This volume outlines various religious practices followed across the global south and highlights their correlation to sustainability. It features more than 30 chapters from scholars across diverse disciplines, including philosophy, economics, ethics, theology, sociology, ritual studies, and education. The interdisciplinary volume mines religious rituals and practices for answers that could aid and alleviate unsustainable lifestyles. Delving deep into the cultural practices of tribal religions in India, the book highlights humanistic elements to establish sustainable ways of thinking, feeling, acting, and being. Including perspectives from Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, and tribal religious traditions, this book is a must for scholars interested in sustainability and religion in the global south.</p>
The proposed book is among the first to cover sustainability of religion in South Asia The only book that explores the cultural practices of tribal religions Covers yoga and meditation as a Science of well being, and a means to sustainability
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