Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-258) and index.

Introduction. Our journey into religion and ecology -- Problems and promise of religions : limiting and liberating -- The nature of religious ecology : orienting, grounding, nurturing, transforming -- Religious ecology and views of nature in the West -- Ecology, conservation, and ethics -- Emergence of the field of religion and ecology -- Christianity as orienting to the cosmos -- Confucianism as grounding in community -- Indigenous traditions and the nurturing powers of nature -- Hinduism and the transforming affect of devotion -- Building on interreligious dialogue : toward a global ethics -- Epilogue. Challenges ahead : creating ecological cultures.