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Author: Eliza F. Kent (Associate Professor of Religion, Associate Professor of Religion, Colgate University, Albany, NY, USA)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.90cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 16.00cm
Weight: 0.499kg
ISBN: 9780199895465
ISBN 10: 0199895465
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 20 June 2013
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
Eliza Kent's wonderful (readable, teachable) book on sacred groves delivers lucid and refreshingly balanced understandings particularly welcome in the debates around ecology and religion. Uniting ethnographically and historically grounded case studies based in diverse regions of Tamil Nadu with global perspectives on environmental crisis, Kent ably presents the genuine potential of engaging religiosity for ecological restoration. ---Ann Grodzins Gold, Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Professor of Anthropology, Syracuse University
This volume is a welcome addition to a growing literature investigating the relationship of religion to sacred theology. Kent presents a very thorough analysis of sacred groves in South India... Very well written with little jargon, this volume is quite accessible to general, educated readers. It will also be valuable for courses in religiou studies, South Asian studies, and anthropology. --CHOICE Eliza Kent's wonderful (readable, teachable) book on sacred groves delivers lucid and refreshingly balanced understandings particularly welcome in the debates around ecology and religion. Uniting ethnographically and historically grounded case studies based in diverse regions of Tamil Nadu with global perspectives on environmental crisis, Kent ably presents the genuine potential of engaging religiosity for ecological restoration. ---Ann Grodzins Gold, Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Professor of Anthropology, Syracuse University
<br> Eliza Kent's wonderful (readable, teachable) book on sacred groves delivers lucid and refreshingly balanced understandings particularly welcome in the debates around ecology and religion. Uniting ethnographically and historically grounded case studies based in diverse regions of Tamil Nadu with global perspectives on environmental crisis, Kent ably presents the genuine potential of engaging religiosity for ecological restoration. ---Ann Grodzins Gold, Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Professor of Anthropology, Syracuse University<p><br>
Author Information
Eliza F. Kent is Associate Professor of Religion at Colgate University and the author of Converting Women: Gender and Protestant Christianity in Colonial South India (2004).
