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Religion and Nature in Asian Cultures Reading List, 27 May 2005
General: Callicott, J. Baird and Roger T. Ames, eds. Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought:
Essays in Environmental Philosophy. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1989.
Deutsch, Eliot. “A Metaphysical Grounding for Natural Reverence: East-West.” In
Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought: Essays in Environmental Philosophy, edited by J. Baird Callicott and Roger T. Ames. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1989.
Guha, Ramachanda. “Radical American Environmentalism: A Third World Critique.”
Environmental Ethics 11:1 (1989): 71-83. Kallend, Arne & Ole Bruun, eds., Asian Perceptions of Nature: A Critical Approach,
Richmond, Surrey, U.K.: Curzon Press, 1995. Kellert, Stephen R. "Concepts of Nature East and West." In Reinventing Nature?
Responses to Postmodern Deconstruction, eds. Michael Soulé and Gary Lease, 103-21. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1995.
Rolston, Holmes. III. "Can the East Help the West to Value Nature?" Philosophy of East
and West 37 (1987): 172-90. South Asian Religions: Agarwal, Anil. “Can Hindu Beliefs and Values Help India Meet Its Ecological Crisis?” In
Hinduism and Ecology: The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water, edited by Christopher Key Chapple and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
Alley, Kelly D., “Idioms of Degeneracy: Assessing Ganga’s Purity.” In Purifying the
Earthly Body of God: Religion and Ecology in Hindu India, edited by Lance E. Nelson. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
Chapple, Christopher Key, “Toward an Indigenous Indian Environmentalism.” In
Purifying the Earthly Body of God: Religion and Ecology in Hindu India, edited by Lance E. Nelson. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
Coward, Harold. “The Ecological Implications of Karma Theory.” In Purifying the
Earthly Body of God: Religion and Ecology in Hindu India, edited by Lance E. Nelson. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
Fisher, William F. “Sacred Rivers, Sacred Dams: Competing Visions of Social Justice and Sustainable Development along the Narmada.” In Hinduism and Ecology: The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water, edited by Christopher Key Chapple and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000).
Gold, Ann Grodzins, “‘If You Cut a Branch You Cut My Finger”: Court, Forest, and
Environmental Ethics in Rajasthan.” In Hinduism and Ecology: The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water, edited by Christopher Key Chapple and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
Haberman, David L. “River of Love in an Age of Pollution.” In Hinduism and Ecology:
The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water, edited by Christopher Key Chapple and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
Harris, Marvin. "The Cultural Ecology of India's Sacred Cattle." Current Anthropology 7
(1966): 51-66. Hawley, John Stratton. “Naming Hinduism.” Wilson Quarterly 15:3 (Summer 1991): 20-
34. Korom, Frank J. “On the Ethics and Aesthetics of Recycling in India.” In Purifying the
Earthly Body of God: Religion and Ecology in Hindu India, edited by Lance E. Nelson. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
Lal, Vinay. “Too Deep for Deep Ecology: Gandhi and the Ecological Vision of Life.” In
Hinduism and Ecology: The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water, edited by Christopher Key Chapple and Mary Evelyn Tucker. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
Larson, Gerald James. “‘Conceptual Resources’ in South Asia for ‘Environmental
Ethics.’” In Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought: Essays in Environmental Philosophy, edited by J. Baird Callicott and Roger T. Ames. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1989.
Narayanan, Vasudha. “Water, Wood, and Wisdom: Ecological Perspectives from the
Hindu Traditions.” In Worldviews, Religion, and the Environment, edited by Richard C. Foltz. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2003.
Narayanan, Vasudha. "'One Tree Is Equal to Ten Sons': Hindu Responses to the Problems
of Ecology, Population, and Consumption." Journal of the American Academy of Religion 65, no. 2 (1997): 291-332.
Nelson, Lance E., “The Dualism of Non-dualism.” In Purifying the Earthly Body of God:
Religion and Ecology in Hindu India, edited by Lance E. Nelson. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
Shiva, Vandana, Staying Alive: Women, Ecology, and Development. London: Zed Books, 1988.
Sullivan, Bruce M. “Theology and Ecology at the Birthplace of Krsna.” In Purifying the
Earthly Body of God: Religion and Ecology in Hindu India, edited by Lance E. Nelson. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998.
Chinese Religions: Ames, Roger T. "Taoism and the Nature of Nature," Environmental Ethics 8 (1986): 317-
50. Berthong, John. “Motifs for a New Confucian Ecological Vision.” In Confucianism and
Ecology: The Interrelation of Heaven, Humans, and Earth. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Berthong (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 1998. 237-264.
Birdwhistell, Joanne D. "Ecological Questions for Daoist Thought: Contemporary Issues
and Ancient Texts." in Daoism and Ecology: Ways Within a Cosmic Landscape. James Miller, N.J. Girardot, and Liu Xianogan (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 2001. 23-43.
Bruun, Ole. “Fengshui and the Chinese Perception of Nature,” in Ole Braun and Arne
Kaland, Eds., Asian Perceptions of Nature: A Critical Approach, Richmond, Surrey, U.K.: Curzon Press, 1995, pp. 173-187.
Cheng Chung Ying. "On the Environmental ethics of the Tao and the Chi" Environmental
Ethics 8 (1986): 351 -70. Cooper. David E. "Is Daoism Green?" In Morals and Society in Asian Philosophy, ed.
Brian Carr, 82-91. Richmond: Curzon Press, 1996. Field, Stephen. “In Search of Dragons: The Folk Ecology of Fengshui” in Daoism and
Ecology: Ways Within a Cosmic Landscape. James Miller, N.J. Girardot, and Liu Xianogan (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 2001. 285-200.
Hahn, Thomas H. "An Introductory Study on Daoist Notions of Wilderness" in Daoism
and Ecology: Ways Within a Cosmic Landscape. James Miller, N.J. Girardot, and Liu Xianogan (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 2001. 201 - 217.
Hall, David. "From Reference to Deference: Daoism and the Natural World" in Daoism
and Ecology: Ways Within a Cosmic Landscape. James Miller, N.J. Girardot, and Liu Xianogan (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 2001. 245-264.
Houten, Richard Van. “Nature and tzu-jan in Early Chinese Philosophical Literature."
Journal of Chinese Philosophy 15 (1988). 33-49.
Ivanhoe, Phillip J. “Early Confucianism and Environmental Ethics.” In Confucianism and
Ecology: The Interrelation of Heaven, Humans, and Earth. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Berthong (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 1998. 59-75.
Jenkins, T.N. “Chinese Traditional Thought and Practice: Lessons for an Ecological
Economics Worldview,” in Ecological Economics 40 (2002) 39-52. (13) Jing, Jun. "Environmental Protests in Rural China" in Chinese Society: Change, Conflict,
and Resistance. Elizabeth Perry and Mark Seldon (eds.) New York: Routledge, 2000. 143- 160.
Kalton, Micheal C. “Extending the Neo-Confucian Tradition: Questions and
Reconceptualizations for the Twenty-First Century.” In Confucianism and Ecology: The Interrelation of Heaven, Humans, and Earth. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Berthong (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 1998.
Kirkland, Russell. "Responsible Non-Action in a Natural World: Perspectives from the
Neiye, Zhuangzi, and Daode Jing." in Daoism and Ecology: Ways Within a Cosmic Landscape. James Miller, N.J. Girardot, and Liu Xianogan (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 2001. 283-304.
LaFargue, Micheal. "Nature as a Part of Human Culture in Daoism." in Daoism and
Ecology: Ways Within a Cosmic Landscape. James Miller, N.J. Girardot, and Liu Xianogan (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 2001. 45-60.
Miller, James. "Respecting the Environment, or Visualizing Highest Clarity," in Daoism
and Ecology: Ways Within a Cosmic Landscape. James Miller, N.J. Girardot, and Liu Xianogan (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 2001. 351 - 360.
Neville, Robert Cummings. “Orientation, Self, and Ecological Posture.” In Confucianism
and Ecology: The Interrelation of Heaven, Humans, and Earth. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Berthong (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 1998. 265 – 273.
Novak, Phillip. “Tao How? Asian Religions and the Problem of Environmental
Degredation.” ReVision Vol.16 No. 2, Fall 93. 77-82. Schipper, Kristofer. "Daoist Ecology: The Inner Transformation. A Study of the Precepts
of the Early Daoist Ecclesia." In Daoism and Ecology: Ways Within a Cosmic Landscape. James Miller, N.J. Girardot, and Liu Xianogan (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 2001. 79-94.
Taylor, Rodney. “Companionship with the World: Roots and Branches of a Confucian
Ecology.” In Confucianism and Ecology: The Interrelation of Heaven, Humans, and Earth. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Berthong (eds.) Cambridge: Harvard Press, 1998. 37-58.
Tuan, Yi -Fu "Discrepencies Between Environmental Attitude and Behavior: Examples
from Europe and China," The Canadian Geographer 12 (1968): 176-190. Buddhism: Aitken, Robert. “Envisioning the Future,” Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist
Environmentalism, Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft (eds.) (Boston: Shambhala, 2000), pp. 423-438.
Barnhill, David Landis. “Great Earth Sangha: Gary Snyder’s View of Nature as
Community,” Buddhism and Ecology, Mary Evelyn Tucker and Duncan Ryuken Williams (eds.) (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997), pp. 187-217.
Darlington, Susan M. “Tree Ordination in Thailand,” Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist
Environmentalism, Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft (eds.) (Boston: Shambhala, 2000), pp. 198-205.
Gross, Rita. “Toward a Buddhist Environmental Ethic,” Visions of a New Earth:
Religious Perspectives on Population, Consumption, and Ecology (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000).
Ian Harris, "An American Appropriation of Buddhism," The Buddhist Forum, vol. IV,
edited by Tadeusz Skorupski. SOAS, London: 1996, pp. 125-139 Harris, Ian. “Buddhism and the Discourse of Environmental Concern: Some
Methodological Problems Considered,” Buddhism and Ecology, Mary Evelyn Tucker and Duncan Ryuken Williams (eds.) (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997), pp. 377-402.
Harvey, Peter. “Buddhist Attitudes to and Treatment of Non-human Nature,”
Ecotheology 4 (1998), pp. 33-50. Ingram, Paul O. “The Jeweled Net of Nature,” Buddhism and Ecology, Mary Evelyn
Tucker and Duncan Ryuken Williams (eds.) (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997), pp. 71-88.
Kapleau, Philip. “Responsibility and Social Action,” Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist
Environmentalism, Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft (eds.) (Boston: Shambhala, 2000), pp. 241-245.
Kaza, Stephanie. “American Buddhist Response to the Land: Ecological Practice at Two
West Coast Retreat Centers,” Buddhism and Ecology, Mary Evelyn Tucker and Duncan Ryuken Williams (eds.) (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997), pp. 219-248.
Kraft, Kenneth. “Nuclear Ecology and Engaged Buddhism,” Buddhism and Ecology,
Mary Evelyn Tucker and Duncan Ryuken Williams (eds.) (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997), pp. 269-290.
LaFleur, William. “Saving the Rainforest of Ethics: Society, Urgency, and the Study of
Asia,” Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol. 7 (2000), pp. 169-181. Macy, Joanna. “Guarding the Earth,” Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist
Environmentalism, Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft (eds.) (Boston: Shambhala, 2000), pp. 293-302.
Schmithausen, Lambert. “The Early Buddhist Tradition and Ecological Ethics,” Journal
of Buddhist Ethics, Vol. 4 (1997), pp. 1-74. Sivaraksa, Sulak. “Buddhism with a Small b,” Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist
Environmentalism, Stephanie Kaza and Kenneth Kraft (eds.) (Boston: Shambhala, 2000), pp. 117-124.
Swearer, Donald. “The Hermeneutics of Buddhism Ecology in Contemporary Thailand:
Buddhadasa and Dhammapitaka,” Buddhism and Nature, Mary Evelyn Tucker and Duncan Ryuken Williams (eds.) (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997), pp. 21-44.
Japanese Religions: Asquith, Pamela, and Arne Kalland, eds. Japanese Images of Nature: Cultural
Perspectives. Richmond: Curzon Press, 1997. Indigenous Religions: Berkes, Fikret. “Traditional Ecological Knowledge.” Encyclopedia of Religion and
Nature. Bron R. Taylor, ed. Continuum, London: 2005, pp. 1637-1640. Bharucha, E. “Cultural and Spiritual Values Related to the Conservation of Biodiversity
in the Sacred Groves of the Western Ghats in Maharashtra.” Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity. Darrell Addison Posey, ed. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya: 1999, pp. 382-385.
Brosius, J. Peter. “Local Knowledges, Global Claims: On the Significance of Indigenous
Ecologies in Sarawak, East Malaysia.” Indigenous Traditions and Ecology. John A. Grim, ed. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 2001, pp. 125-158.
Clarke, Graham E. “Thinking through Nature in Highland Nepal.” Asian Perceptions of Nature. Ole Bruun and Arne Kalland, eds. Curzon Press, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom: 1995, pp. 88-102.
Dove, Michael R. “Forest Augury in Borneo: Indigenous Environmental Knowledge
about the Limits to Knowledge of the Environment.” Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity. Darrell Addison Posey, ed. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya: 1999, pp. 376-380.
Goldtooth, Tom. “Indigenous Environmental Network.” Encyclopedia of Religion and
Nature. Bron R. Taylor, ed. Continuum, London: 2005, pp. 834-840. Gray, Andrew. “The Indigenous Movement in Asia.” Indigenous Peoples of Asia. R. H.
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Grim, John. “Introduction.” Indigenous Traditions and Ecology. John A. Grim, ed.
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the Himalaya. Oxford University Press, Delhi: 1989. Hultkrantz, Åke. “A New Look at the World Pillar in Arctic and Sub-Arctic Religions.”
Shamanism and Northern Ecology. Juha Pentikäinen, ed. Mouton de Guyter, Berlin: 1996, pp. 31-49.
Irimoto, Takashi. “Ainu Worldview and Bear Hunting Strategies.” Shamanism and
Northern Ecology. Juha Pentikäinen, ed. Mouton de Guyter, Berlin: 1996, pp. 293-303.
Kim, Tae-gon. “The Concept of Gods in Korean Shamanism.” Shamanism and Northern
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Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity. Darrell Addison Posey, ed. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya: 1999, pp. 185-192.
Kothari, Smitu. “Sovereignty and Swaraj: Adivasi Encounters with Modernity and
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Lansing, J. Stephen. Priests and Programmers: Technologies of Power in the Engineered
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Mahale, Prabha and Hay Sorée. “Cosmovisions and Agriculture in India.” Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity. Darrell Addison Posey, ed. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya: 1999, pp. 217-223.
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Pedersen, Poul. “Nature, Religion and Cultural Identity: The Religious Environmental
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