ECO-FEMIN(ISM) AND HINDU(ISM): Positioning Contemporary Eco-Ethic Conversation

The article examines the complex cluster of issues that accrete around attempts to refract a contemporary ‘Hindu’ eco-ethic from ancient scriptural sources. So often, scholars and religious adherents alike refer back to the ‘golden eco-age’ alluded to in the various Vedic, Upanisadic and Puranic inj...

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Auteur principal: Naidu, Maheshvari (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Dharmaram College 2008
Dans: Journal of Dharma
Année: 2008, Volume: 33, Numéro: 2, Pages: 133-154
Sujets non-standardisés:B HINDU(ISM)
B Eco-Ethic
B ECO-FEMIN(ISM)
Accès en ligne: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:The article examines the complex cluster of issues that accrete around attempts to refract a contemporary ‘Hindu’ eco-ethic from ancient scriptural sources. So often, scholars and religious adherents alike refer back to the ‘golden eco-age’ alluded to in the various Vedic, Upanisadic and Puranic injunctions with their invocations adoring both the earth and the life it sustains. As an academic field of study within the social sciences, however, "Religion and Ecology" is a relatively recent subdiscipline of "Religion Studies."
ISSN:0253-7222
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma