- Author(s): Nadeau K.
- Author(s) ID: 14719869500;
- Document Type: Book Chapter
- Publication Stage: Final
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- Page Start – 1987 | Page End – 1997 | Page Count:
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- DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9376-6_104
- EID: Scopus2-s2.0-84944262705
Asian liberation theology movements coming out of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam share in common a theoretical basis in ecofeminism. It, like liberation theology, finds some of its impetus in postcolonial and Marxist theories that are non–dogmatic and malleable enough to include local ideas about religion and the tender care and nurturance of the environment, animals, and all life forms. Ancient Asian religions, invariably, were about local conceptions of sacred geographical and cosmological space that were perceived to be part of the reproduction of one’s own body at the individual and societal levels. This chapter looks at select examples of Asian liberation theology movements and their correlates for greater social equity and environmental justice. © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015.
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