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Jainism and Ecology

Christopher Key Chapple

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  • 304 sidor
  • 2002
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.
  • Författare: Christopher Key Chapple
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780945454342
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 304
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2002-09-01
  • Förlag: Harvard University, Center for the Study of World Religions