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Religion and Ecology: Home

Help for finding resources that deal with religious and theological perspectives on ecology and environmental ethics.

Subject headings for searching our catalog.

These linked subject headings will take you to lists of relevant materials in our catalog. However, these are not the only subjects that will give you relevant results!  Explore the subject headings of items you find useful to find more materials on your topic.

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Select books on religion and ecology

These are just a few of the relevant books you'll find in our catalog.  Also, take a look at the series Studies in Religion and the Environment and Religions of the World and Ecology., and see the Bibliography for Joseph Sittler and Ecotheology

Finding articles in Luther's databases

The ATLA Religion Database® is an excellent source for scholarly journal articles, book reviews, and essays in all fields of religion. Coverage is from 1949. Many articles are available in full text. Try searches for the following terms as "subjects":

  • Climatic changes
  • Environmentalism
  • Environmental ethics or Environmental justice
  • Ecology--Religious aspects
  • Ecotheology
  • Human beings--Relation to nature
  • Nature--Religious aspects
  • Sustainable development

Academic Search Premier is an index to academic journals in the humanities, history, psychology, sociology, religion and philosophy. Many articles are available in full text. Try searches for the following terms as "subjects":

  • Earth
  • Ecotheology
  • Environmentalism (add "Religious aspects")
  • Christianity & politics
  • Religion & ethics

 

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