Jainism & Ecology - Nonviolence in this Web of Life (OIP)

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-945454-34-2
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 395 g

Reihe: Religions of the World and Ecology

The twenty-five-hundred-year-old tradition of Jainism, which emphasizes nonviolence as the only true path leading to liberation, offers a worldview seemingly compatible with the goals of environmental activism. But can Jainism adopt a sociocentric environmentalism without compromising its own ascetic principles and spiritual tradition? How does traditional Jain cosmology view the natural world? How might a Jain ethical system respond to decisions regarding the development of dams, the proliferation of automobiles, overcrowding due to overpopulation, or the protection of individual animal species? Can there be a Jain environmental activism that addresses both the traditional concern for individual self-purification and the contemporary dilemma of ecosystem degradation? The voices in this volume reflect the dynamic nature of the Jain faith and its willingness to engage in discussion on a modern social issue.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chapple, Christopher Key

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsethik, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen Jainismus

Über Autor(innen)

Chapple, Christopher Key
Christopher Key Chapple is Navin and Pratima Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, Loyola Marymount University.