Gebundenes Buch

Church, Cosmovision and the Environment

Religion and Social Conflict in Contemporary Latin America

Herausgeber: Berry, Evan; Albro, Robert

Beschreibung

This edited collection describes and analyses multiple types of religious engagement with environmental concerns and conflicts seen in modern Latin American democracies. It provides comparative analysis of the manner in which diverse religious actors are currently participating in transnational, national, and local advocacy across the region.

Autor

Evan Berry is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at American University. He received his PhD in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His book, Devoted to Nature: The Religious Roots of American Environmentalism (2015), explores the religious underpinnings of the American environmental movement. Robert Albro is Research Associate Professor at American University's Center for Latin American and Latino Studies. He received his PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology from the University of Chicago, and has conducted ethnographic research and published widely on popular and indigenous politics along Bolivia's urban periphery. Much of this work is summarized in his book, Roosters at Midnight: Indigenous Signs and Stigma in Local Bolivian Politics (2010).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9781138400467
• ISBN-10: 1138400467
• Artikelnr.: 53305816