Background Sources - Comparative Religious Ecology - RELS 265 - Starr-LeBeau - Marshall Brooks Library at Principia College

Environmental Groups as Examples

Authors who have focused on the topic:

Dwight Billings has written on religiously informed environmental action in Appalachia

Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and Alon Tal has written on religiously informed environmentalism in a Jewish/Israeli context.

Web of Creation website
Ecology Resources to Transform Faith Communities and Society- list of Eco-Faith Groups includes Denominational Groups, Faith-Based Environmental Groups and Secular Environmental Groups

Use one of the following religion encyclopedias for an overview:

Encyclopedia of Global Religion

Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions

Environmental Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia of Religion in America

Encyclopedia of Religion

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices

Gather keywords to help focus your topic and design your search strategy.

Sample entries:

Environment & Ecology in Encyclopedia of Religion in America
Religion & the Environment in Environmental Encyclopedia

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology by Hart
ISBN: 9781118465530
Publication Date: 2017
In the face of the current environmental crisis--which clearly has moral and spiritual dimensions--members of all the world's faiths have come to recognize the critical importance of religion's relationship to ecology. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Ecology offers a comprehensive overview of the history and the latest developments in religious engagement with environmental issues throughout the world.