Varieties of Religion and Ecology

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This collection presents critical environmental problems with respect to their intersection with culture and religion in Indonesia, such as water resource management, conservation, and political ecology. Scholars from the region ground investigation in ethnographic field studies that represent diverse communities, including Indigenous perspectives from across the archipelago. The discussion is forward-looking and sophisticated, offering a meaningful and critical engagement with the field of religion and ecology. Michael S. Northcott is Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Anna M. Gade, Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, United States. Frans Wijsen, Professor of empirical and practical religious studies, Radboud University, The Netherlands. Zainal Abidin Bagir, Graduate School, Universitas Gadjah Mada; Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This collection presents critical environmental problems with respect to their intersection with culture and religion in Indonesia, such as water resource management, conservation, and political ecology. Scholars from the region ground investigation in ethnographic field studies that represent diverse communities, including Indigenous perspectives from across the archipelago. The discussion is forward-looking and sophisticated, offering a meaningful and critical engagement with the field of religion and ecology.

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