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020			_a9781412852579
082			_a201.77 BER _223
100			_aBergmann, Sigurd.
245		0	_aReligion, Space, and the Environment _c/ Sigurd Bergmann.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew Brunswick, New Jersey _b: Transaction Publishers _c, 2014.
300			_axix, 479 p. _b: illustrations _c; 24 cm.
520			_aReligion, Space, and the Environment by Sigurd Bergmann is an interdisciplinary study that investigates the relationship between religion, space, place, and the natural environment. The author argues that religion should not simply be understood as existing within particular environments but as something fundamentally shaped by spatial experiences and ecological relationships. Religious beliefs, rituals, memories, and identities develop through people's interactions with landscapes, cities, sacred places, and the natural world. The book combines perspectives from religious studies, geography, environmental humanities, theology, architecture, and cultural studies. Bergmann explores diverse topics including sacred landscapes, urban religious life, pilgrimage, indigenous spiritual traditions, environmental justice, climate change, ecological theology, and the role of religion in shaping attitudes toward nature. Through examples drawn from Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, he demonstrates how religious traditions both influence and are influenced by environmental change, cultural memory, and human mobility.
650			_aEnvironmental ethics.
650			_aHuman ecology—Religious aspects.
650			_aReligion and ecology.
650			_aReligion and geography.
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