Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Nature: The Elements

Explore the intersection of faith and ecology through a unique elemental lens. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Nature: The Elements offers a fresh perspective on how religious ideas interact with the natural world. Instead of looking only at climate change within specific traditions, this handbook uses an elemental framework to examine both religious concepts and specific environmental topics. Organized into four distinct sections - Earth, Air, Fire, and Water - the volume provides a structured way to study the relationship between religion and ecology. Editors Laura Hobgood and Whitney Bauman guide readers through the text with extensive introductions to the entire collection and each specific part. This academic resource challenges traditional methods in comparative religion by bringing together diverse perspectives from an international group of contributors. It is an essential text for students and scholars interested in the social and cultural history of religious views on the environment.