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" Food, farming and religion : "
Gretel Van Wieren.
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BL
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842180
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Van Wieren, Gretel
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Food, farming and religion : : emerging ethical perspectives /\ Gretel Van Wieren.
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Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, NY :: Routledge,, 2018.
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, ©2018
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Routledge environmental humanities
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viii, 133 pages ;; 25 cm.
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1138557978
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: 1138557994
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1315151162
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9781315151168
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9781351365345 (Mobipocket ebook)
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9781351365352 (ePub ebook)
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9781351365369 (PDF ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction thinking ethically about food -- Down on the farm : the historical roots of the ecological crisis : agriculture? -- Soil : sacred and profaned -- Plants : the power and miracle of seeds -- Animals : humane, sustainable, spiritual meat? -- Water : precious, polluted, purified -- Climate : religion and food for a hot planet -- The new sacred farm.
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Although the religious and ethical consideration of food and eating is not a new phenomenon, the debate about food and eating today is distinctly different from most of what has preceded it in the history of Western culture. yet the field of environmental ethics, especially religious approaches to environmental ethics, as been slow to see food and agriculture as topics worthy of analysis. This book examines how religious traditions and communities in the United States and beyond are responding to critical environmental ethical issues posed by the global food system. In particular, it looks at the responses that have developed within Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions, and shows how they relate to arguments and approaches in the broader study of food and environmental ethics. It considers topics such as land degradation and restoration, genetically modified organisms and seed consolidation, animal welfare, water use, access, pollution, and climate, and weaves consideration of human wellbeing and justice throughout. In doing so, the author proposes a model for conceptualizing agricultural and food practices in sacred terms.
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Agriculture-- Religious aspects.
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Environmental ethics.
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Food supply-- Religious aspects.
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Food-- Religious aspects.
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Agriculture-- Religious aspects.
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Environmental ethics.
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Food supply-- Religious aspects.
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Food-- Religious aspects.
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205/.64963
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BL65.F65V36 2018
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