African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change / Ezra Chitando, Ernst M. Conradie, Susan M. Kilonzo.

• Superior document: Routledge Studies on Religion in Africa and the Diaspora
• VerfasserIn: Chitando, Ezra; Conradie, Ernst M.; Kilonzo, Susan M.
• TeilnehmendeR: Conradie, Ernst M.; Kilonzo, Susan M.
• Place / Publishing House: [s.l.] : : Routledge,, 2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge Studies on Religion in Africa and the Diaspora
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (254 p.)

This book interrogates the contributions that religious traditions have made to climate change discussions within Africa, whether positive or negative. Drawing on a range of African contexts and religious traditions, the book provides concrete suggestions on how individuals and communities of faith...

Table of Contents

• Introduction / Ezra Chitando
• African traditional religion and climate change : perspectives from Zimbabwe / Tabona Shoko
• The climate crisis : mitigation and control through Emaswati indigenous knowledge / Sonene Nyawo
• The nexus between indigenous beliefs on environment and climate change adaptation amongst the Sengwer in Embobut Forest, Kenya / Loreen Maseno & King'asia Mamati
• An African ecofeminist appraisal of the value of indigenous knowledge systems in responding to environmental degradation and climate change / Lilian C. Siwila
• Women, indigenous knowledge systems and climate change in Kenya / Susan Mbula Kilonzo
• Putting words into action : the role of the church in addressing climate change in Ghana / Beatrice Okyere-Manu and Stephen Nkansah Morgan
• The mainline churches and climate change in Uganda / David Andrew Omona
• An overview of the response of Catholics in Africa to the Laudato Si's call for creation care / George C. Nche
• Youth and climate change in the United Church of Zambia / Damon Mkandawire
• Hinduism and climate change in Africa / Elizabeth Pulane Motswapong
• Risk reduction interventions, building resilience and adaptation to climate change in northeastern Kenya : a review of the response by the Islamic Relief Worldwide / Hassan Juma Ndzovu
• The religio-spiritual and sacred dimensions of climate-induced conflicts : a research agenda / Joram Tarusarira and Damaris S. Parsitau
• African religious leaders and climate change financing / Veronica Nonhlanhla Gundu-Jakarasi
• Climate change as a multi-layered crisis for humanity / Ernst M. Conradie.