Ó Riada, Eavan
No paving paradise to put up a parking lot.
Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.
Abstract
This paper engages with and provides support to claims in the field of religion and ecology
concerning the great potential of religions to contribute positively to the fight against the
environmental crisis. This is achieved using a case study of the liberal Protestant
environmentalist efforts of the Eco-Justice Program and the Eco-Justice Working Group of the
National Council of Churches in the United States from 2006 to the end of 2010 as
demonstrated in documents produced to aid their members in celebrating and caring for
creation. In particular, the paper examines the methods and practices constituting their liberal
Protestant environmentalism as found within these documents and the impact of liberal
protestant religious resources on those methods and practices. This is achieved with the aid of
works by Evan Berry, Gary Gardner, and Laurel Kearns. In doing so, the paper demonstrates
(where relevant) why the methods and practices of the National Council of Churches Eco-
Justice Program and the Eco-Justice Working Group are so potentially beneficial to achieving
environmentalist aims, as well as their potential adaptability for use in other forms of
environmentalism.
| Type: |
Thesis
(Master)
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| Supervisors (RUG): |
| Supervisor | E-mail | Tutor organization | Tutor email |
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| Stuckrad, C.K.M. von | | Faculteit GGW, Vergelijkende Religiewetenschap | C.K.M.von.Stuckrad@rug.nl |
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| Supervisors from outside the RUG: |
| Tutor outside | E-mail | Tutor outside organization | Tutor outside email |
|---|
| Berry, Evan | | School of Historical, Philiosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University | Evan.Berry@asu.edu |
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| Degree programme: |
Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation |
| Academic year: |
2021-2022 |
| Date of delivery: |
16 Sep 2022 08:00 |
| Last modified: |
16 Sep 2022 08:00 |
| URI: |
https://ggw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/656 |
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