{"product_id":"climate-politics-and-the-power-of-religion-paperback-softback-9780253059062","title":"Climate Politics and the Power of Religion (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253059062","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eClimate Politics and the Power of Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEvan Berry (Edited by), Andrew Thompson (Contributions by), Ken Conca (Contributions by), David T. Buckley (Contributions by), Kelly D. Alley (Contributions by), Ana Mariella Bacigalupo (Contributions by), Roger-Mark De Souza (Contributions by), Neeraj Vedwan (Contributions by), J. Brent Crosson (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253059062\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 May 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e298 pages, 1 b\u0026amp;w photo - 1 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a field that has often been crowded by work focused on celebrating the environmentally friendly dimensions of world religions, \u003ci\u003eClimate Politics and the Power of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e makes a critical intervention by advancing new directions for scholarship and \"reinscrib[ing] politics as a key category for scholarship on religion and the environment\"....this is a work that rewards the cover-to-cover reader.\u003c\/p\u003e - Joseph D. Witt - University of Tennessee, Knoxville (H-NET Reviews Humanities \u0026amp; Social Sciences)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow does our faith affect how we think about and respond to climate change?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClimate Politics and the Power of Religion \u003c\/i\u003eis an edited collection that explores the diverse ways that religion shapes climate politics at the local, national, and international levels. Drawing on case studies from across the globe, it stands at the intersection of religious studies, environment policy, and global politics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom small island nations confronting sea-level rise and intensifying tropical storms to high-elevation communities in the Andes and Himalayas wrestling with accelerating glacial melt, there is tremendous variation in the ways that societies draw on religion to understand and contend with climate change. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClimate Politics and the Power of Religion\u003c\/i\u003e offers 10 timely case studies that demonstrate how different communities render climate change within their own moral vocabularies and how such moral claims find purchase in activism and public debates about climate policy. Whether it be Hindutva policymakers in India, curanderos in Peru, or working-class people's concerns about the transgressions of petroleum extraction in Trinidad—religion affects how they all are making sense of and responding to this escalating global catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525362708760,"sku":"9780253059062","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/climate-politics-and-the-power-of-religion-paperback-softback-9780253059062","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}