African Traditional Religion and Ecological Sustainability in Southern Africa: Perspectives on Sacred Places in Botswana

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Editorial 1
4. A Concepts and Methodologies
5. Religion and Climate (In)Action 9
6. Rethinking our Research Critically and Creatively: Concepts and Methods in Religious Studies and Theology amidst Climate Injustice 33
7. From Kant to Entanglement: Towards a Relational Turn in Practical Ecotheology 47
8. B Experience and Ethos
9. How Do We Love Nature? The Praxis of Love as Antidote to Ecological Despair in the Climate Crisis 61
10. How Does Religiosity Affect Nature Connectedness and Environmental Ethos? Towards a Comprehensive Framework at the Individual Level: Evidence from the Social Sciences and Implications for Practical Theology 83
11. Experience of Nature and Environmental Protection: Reflections on the Potential of Religious Spaces in Times of Ecological Transformation 115
12. C Contexts
13. Greening “African Traditional Religion” in Afrocentrism and Africana Studies: New Impulses for the Study of “African Religion” in the Face of the Ecological Crisis 129
14. African Traditional Religion and Ecological Sustainability in Southern Africa: Perspectives on Sacred Places in Botswana 157
15. Filipino Indigenous Religions and Climate Action 175
16. D Communities
17. Realizing the Potential of Religious Environmental Engagement: Insights on Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainable Development in Switzerland 193
18. About the Stewardship of Precious Resources: The Late Discovery of Church Buildings as Local Media of Ecological Change 213
19. On the Fast Track: Climate Change as a Challenge to the Public Mission of Churches in Germany 227
20. E Education
21. How Activist Can Religious Education Be? Reflections on Religious Education for Sustainable Development 249
22. Environmental Attitudes and Religiosity of Students in the Philippines: A Statistical Analysis of Their Relationship 267
23. From Anxiety to Hope: A Survey of Theological Studies on Climate Change and the Necessity of Hope for Action 285
24. F Emotions and Care
25. The Spiritual Lives of Children in an Age of Climate Anxiety 301
26. Climate Anxiety as a Spiritual Crisis 317
27. G Liturgy and Preaching
28. Five Ecological Lenses for Preaching 341
29. Preaching in a Climate-Changed World: Exploring the Gap between EcoPreachers and Listeners 361
30. Today vs. Tomorrow? Reflections on the Dimension of Temporality in Sermons Addressing Climate Change in Germany 379
31. Reflecting on Climate Conscious Liturgies: A Case Study of Christian EcoLiturgies 399
32. Can Rituals Help Us Respond to Climate Change? A Three-Gesture Ritual to Ground Us – and Ways Ahead 411
33. Contributors