Religions’ Future in the Anthropocene

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" Religions’ Future in the Anthropocene "
Nathan R. Kollar

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1086090
Doc. No	:	LA129719
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685357-02301001‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Nathan R. Kollar
Title & Author	:	Religions’ Future in the Anthropocene [Article]\ Nathan R. Kollar
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
Date	:	2019
Volume/ Issue Number	:	23/1
Page No	:	1–32
Abstract	:	When the present epoch is described as “Anthropocene” human choice is seen as essential to the planet’s future. This essay accepts this presupposition of choice and demonstrates its consequences upon the religions of the world. It does this first by describing what human choices must be made in order to bring about a healthy planet; then provides a way of expanding the current definitions of “religion” so these new social realities will be recognized in the future. It describes in detail how religions have interfaced with planetary necessities in the past and present. Presupposing that the religions of the world have been a force of good as well as ill, it describes what must happen in both the classical as well the newer forms of religion to enable the future environmental changes to be for the good of humanity. When the present epoch is described as “Anthropocene” human choice is seen as essential to the planet’s future. This essay accepts this presupposition of choice and demonstrates its consequences upon the religions of the world. It does this first by describing what human choices must be made in order to bring about a healthy planet; then provides a way of expanding the current definitions of “religion” so these new social realities will be recognized in the future. It describes in detail how religions have interfaced with planetary necessities in the past and present. Presupposing that the religions of the world have been a force of good as well as ill, it describes what must happen in both the classical as well the newer forms of religion to enable the future environmental changes to be for the good of humanity.
Descriptor	:	anthropocene
Descriptor	:	environmental ethics
Descriptor	:	nature and religions
Descriptor	:	religion and the environment
Descriptor	:	religious beliefs and the environment
Descriptor	:	religious rituals and the environment
Descriptor	:	the future of religion
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685357-02301001‬