Praying And Campaigning With Environmental Christians: Green Religion And The Climate Movement
by Maria Nita /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book presents an ethnographic study of environmental
Christian networks involved in the climate and transition towns
movements. Maria Nita examines the ways in which green Christians
engage with their communities and networks, as well as other
activist networks in the broader green movement. The book
interrogates key categories in the field of religious studies which
intersect activist concerns, including spirituality, community, and
ritual. In this sociological exploration the author uses existing
research tools, such as discourse analysis, and proposes new
theoretical models for the investigation of network expansion,
religious identity, and relationality through ritual. Nita examines
the mechanisms underlying the greening of religion and thus offers
an in-depth analysis of prayers, rituals, and religious practices,
such as praying through painting, fasting for the planet, and
sharing the green Eucharist in or with nature.
This book presents an ethnographic study of environmental
Christian networks involved in the climate and transition towns
movements. Maria Nita examines the ways in which green Christians
engage with their communities and networks, as well as other
activist networks in the broader green movement. The book
interrogates key categories in the field of religious studies which
intersect activist concerns, including spirituality, community, and
ritual. In this sociological exploration the author uses existing
research tools, such as discourse analysis, and proposes new
theoretical models for the investigation of network expansion,
religious identity, and relationality through ritual. Nita examines
the mechanisms underlying the greening of religion and thus offers
an in-depth analysis of prayers, rituals, and religious practices,
such as praying through painting, fasting for the planet, and
sharing the green Eucharist in or with nature.