Todd LeVasseur and Anna Peterson (eds.), Religion and the Ecological Crisis: The ‘Lynn White Thesis' at Fifty
Issue: Vol 13 No. 1 (2019) Special Issue: Inside the World of Contemporary Astrology
Journal: Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture
Subject Areas: Religious Studies
DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.38199
Abstract:
Todd LeVasseur and Anna Peterson (eds.), Religion and the Ecological Crisis: The ‘Lynn
White Thesis' at Fifty (New York and London: Routledge, 2017), 205 pp., $140.00 (hbk),
ISBN: 978-1-138-64412-0.
Author: Robin Veldman
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