African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change By Chitando, Ezra

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Climate change

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Wordery

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Knowledge unlatched gmbh

African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change : Routledge : 9780367616076 : 0367616076 : 13 May 2022 : This book interrogates the contributions that religious traditions have made to climate change discussions within Africa, whether positive or negative. Drawing on a range of African contexts and religious traditions, the book provides concrete suggestions on how individuals and communities of faith must act in order to address the challenge of climate change. Despite the fact that Africa has contributed relatively little to historic carbon emissions, the continent will be affected disproportionally by the increasing impact of anthropogenic climate change. Contributors to this book provide a range of rich case studies to investigate how religious traditions such as Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and indigenous faiths influence the worldviews and actions of their adherents. The chapters also interrogate how the moral authority and leadership provided by religion can be used to

135 GBP