---

Can religions help us tackle the ecological crisis we are now facing? Can we redefine our relationship with the Earth, giving spiritual depth to ecological issues? This book attempts to answer these questions by exploring the relationship between ecology and theology.

---

Introduction; Pasquale Gagliardi Ariadne and the Minotaur: A Thread Winding Through the Labyrinth (A Guide for Readers); Anne Marie Reijnen PART I: PROCEEDINGS OF THE ´DIALOGUE´ 1. Taking in the Real: Human Beings and the Earth (Opening Speech); Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice 2. Ecological Conflicts and Religious Passions: a Patchwork of Beliefs 3. ´Nature´ or ´Creation´? Difficult choices of the Church Fathers; Izabela Jurasz 4. ´Dame Nature cares nothing for us´; Simon Schaffer 5. Creation and Salvation; Bruno Latour 6. Harmonious Cosmos and the World of the Fall: Natural and Counter-natural in the Orthodox Christian Tradition; Elizabeth Theokritoff 7. Transforming the World, Contemplating the Cosmos: A Protestant Trajectory; Anne Marie Reijnen 8. Roman Catholic Contributions to Address the Current Ecological Crisis; Andrea Vicini 9. The ´cosmism´ of Islam as a Possible Response to the Current Ecological Crisis; Eric Geoffroy 10. Economies and Ecologies of the Sacred in Zimbabwe; Matthew Engelke 11. Economic Development, Anthropomorphism, and the Principle of Reasonable Sufficiency; Eduardo Viveiros de Castro 12. Economic and Ecological Challenges: Is There a Role for Religion?; Ignazio Musu 13. Modernization as Liberation Theology; Ted Nordhaus and Michael Schellenberger PART II: AFTERTHOUGHTS A Preliminary Notice; Pasquale Gagliardi 1. Afterthought: Of Maker´s Knowledge; Simon Schaffer 2. Thoughts after the Dialogue...; Izabela Jurasz 3. Mobilizing Religions for the Ecological Crisis: An Urgent but Difficult Task; Ignazio Musu 4. Evolve: Modernization as the Road to Salvation; Michael Schellenberger and Ted Nordhaus 5. My Manifesto for the Dialogue; Bruno Latour 6. The Balance of Nature. What Can Be Learned from the History of the Earth and Life; George Theokritoff 7. Conclusive Remarks: Roman Catholic Commitment to Promoting Sustainability; Andrea Vicini 8. What is My Personal Outcome From this Dialogue ?; Eric Geoffroy 9. Part of Creation Called to be Gods: Further Thoughts on the Place of Humans; Elizabeth Theokritoff 10. Defining the Commonplace as the Common Place: Cosmopolitanism and the Cross; Anne Marie Reijnen

---

Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice, Roman Catholic Church, Italy Izabela Jurasz, Institut Catholique de Paris, France Simon Schaffer, University of Cambridge, UK Bruno Latour, Sciences Po, France Elizabeth Theokritoff, University of Cambridge, UK Andrea Vicini, Boston College, USA Eric Geoffroy, University of Strasbourg, France Matthew Engelke, London School of Economics, UK Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ignazio Musu, University Ca ´Foscari University of Venice, Italy Ted Nordhaus, Breakthrough Institute, USA Michael Schellenberger, Breakthrough Institute, USA George Theokritoff, University of Cambridge, UK

---