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Does religion promote environmental sustainability? : exploring the role of religion in local energy transitions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article explores the role of religion in local energy transition processes. By combining insights from (a) sustainability studies and (b) academic contributions on religion and sustainability, a theoretical approach for describing the role of ...
Köhrsen, Jens, Koehrsen, Jens
core   +1 more source

Gelasenheit in Goiás: A Mennonite political ecology

open access: yesJournal of Political Ecology
In 1968 a group of nine U.S.-born Holdeman Mennonites purchased Cerrado land and later became some of the first farmers to produce high yields of corn and soybeans in Southwestern Goiás, Brazil.
Andrew Lehne Ofstehage
doaj   +2 more sources

CONNECTING GLOBAL AND LOCAL INDONESIAN RELIGIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS

open access: yesJurnal Kawistara, 2018
This article discusses connections between transnational multi-faith social movements addressing climate change on a global scale with local expressions of religion and ecology in Indonesia. It connects two trends in literature on religion and ecology: 1)
Jonathan D Smith
doaj   +1 more source

The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
wiley   +1 more source

Saving India's rivers: Ecology, civil society, religion, and legal personhood

open access: yesWorld Development Sustainability, 2023
In recent decades, India's environment has been severely compromised by riverine pollution combined with large-scale dams and exacerbated by diversion for irrigation.
Harry Blair
doaj   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community partner perspectives on community‐academic health research partnerships with Black American communities: A scoping review

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Evaluations of community‐engaged research (CEnR) typically emphasize health outcomes rather than the partnership processes that contribute to intervention effectiveness. This scoping review synthesized community partner‐identified strategies for successful community‐academic health research partnerships with Black American communities and ...
Kaylyn A. Garcia   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Wind’s Prayer, the World’s Sabbath: Spirit and Place in Lance Henson and Wendell Berry

open access: yesReligions, 2021
Although a vast body of poetry celebrates the natural world and addresses issues concerning the environment, it can be overlooked in the discourses of environmental activism.
Elizabeth Burkemper, David C. Mahan
doaj   +1 more source

Verses from the Koran in Ecology-Based Islamic Religious Education Learning at SD Alam Pacitan

open access: yesTadris: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam
This study is entitled “Al-Qur’an Verses in Ecology-Based Islamic Religion Education in SD Alam Pacitan”. This study was conducted in Pacitan Regency.
Ridho Riyanto
doaj   +1 more source

Pandora’s Box: Religion, Ecology and Popular Culture [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The paper is devoted to the link between the ecology of religion and popular culture. Recently these fields have become topical for both contemporary cultural discourse and religious studies while environmentalism itself has often been considered as a ...
Mikhelson, Olga K.
core   +1 more source

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