Purifying the earthly body of God : religion and ecology in Hindu India / edited by Lance E. Nelson. - Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, �1998. - 1 online resource (ix, 366 pages) - SUNY series in religious studies . - SUNY series in religious studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Toward an indigenous Indian environmentalism / Ecological implications of karma theory / Attitudes to nature in the early Upani�sads / Dualism of nondualism : Advaita Ved�anta and the irrelevance of nature / Sacred immanence : reflections of ecofeminism in Hindu Tantra / Models and images for a Vai�s�nava environmental theology : the potential contribution of �Sr�ivai�s�navism / Sin and rain : moral ecology in rural north India / On the ethics and aesthetics of recycling in India / Learning the story of the land : reflections on the liberating power of geography and pilgrimage in the Hindu tradition / Theology and ecology at the birthplace of K�r�s�na / Earth as goddess Bh�u Dev�i : toward a theory of "embedded ecologies" in folk Hinduism / Idioms of degeneracy : assessing Ga�nga's purity and pollution / Christopher Key Chapple -- Harold Coward -- Arvind Sharma -- Lance E. Nelson -- Rita DasGupta Sherma -- Patricia Y. Mumme -- Ann Grodzins Gold -- Frank J. Korom -- David Kinsley -- Bruce M. Sullivan -- Vijaya Rettakudi Nagarajan -- Kelly D. Alley.

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Human ecology--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
Hinduism--Doctrines.
Human ecology--India.
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Hinduism--Doctrines.
Human ecology--India.
Human ecology--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
Hinduism--Doctrines.
Human ecology.
Human ecology--Religious aspects--Hinduism.


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