The books listed here are of a more academic bent than those listed in our Resources section. You may find titles from both sections of use.
Barnhill, David Landis, and Roger S. Gottlieb, eds. Deep Ecology and World Religions: New Essays on Sacred Ground. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2001.
Bassett, Libby, John Brinkman, and Kusumita Pederson, Earth and Faith: A Book of Reflection for Action. UN Environmental Programme, 2000.
Benstein, Jeremy. The Way into Judaism and the Environment. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights, 2008.
Bernstein, Ellen. The Splendor of Creation: A Biblical Ecology. Cleveland: Pilgrim, 2005.
Bernstein, Ellen, ed. Ecology and the Jewish Spirit: Where Nature and the Sacred Meet. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights, 2000.
Berry, Thomas and Mary Evelyn Tucker. The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-first Century. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009.
Berry, Thomas, ed. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim. The Christian Future and the Fate of Earth. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2009.
Berry, Thomas. The Dream of the Earth. Second ed. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 2006.
Bingham, Sally G., ed. Love God, Heal Earth: 21 Leading Religious Voices Speak Out on Our Sacred Duty to Protect the Environment. Pittsburgh: St. Lynn’s Press, 2009.
Chryssavgis, John, ed. Cosmic Grace, Humble Prayer: The Ecological Vision of the Green Patriarch Bartholomew I. Second ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009.
Cobb, Jr., John B., ed. Resistance: The New Role of Progressive Christians. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2008.
Dewitt, Calvin B. Earth-Wise: A Biblical Response to Environmental Issues. Second ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2007.
Deane-Drummond, Celia. Eco-Theology. Winona, MN: Anselm Academic, 2008.
Dien, Mawil Izzi. The Environmental Dimensions of Islam. Cambridge, England: Lutterworth, 2000.
Edwards, Denis. Ecology at the Heart of Faith: The Change of Heart That Leads to a New Way of Living on Earth. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2006.
Foltz, Richard C., Frederick M. Denny, and Azizan Baharuddin. Islam and Ecology: A Bestowed Trust. Cambridge, MA: Center for the Study of World Religions, 2003.
Foltz, Richard C., ed. Worldviews, Religion, and the Environment: A Global Anthology. Florence, KY: Wadsworth, 2002.
Gosling, David L. Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asia. London: Routledge, 2001.
Gottlieb, Roger. A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet’s Future. New York: Oxford, 2006.
Gottlieb, Roger S., ed. This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment. London: Routledge, 2003.
Hessel, Dieter, and Larry Rasmussen, eds. Earth Habitat: Eco-Injustice and the Church’s Response. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001.
Hosenfeld, Charlotte. Ecofaith: Creating and Sustaining Green Congregations. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2009.
Kaza, Stephanie. Mindfully Green: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Boston: Shambala, 2008.
Kearns, Laurel, and Catherine Keller, eds. Ecospirit: Religions and Philosophies for the Earth. New York: Fordham University Press, 2007.
Krause, Tina B., ed. Care of the Earth: An Environmental Resource Manual for Church Leaders. Chicago: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1994.
Maguire, Daniel C., and Larry L. Rasmussen. Ethics for a Small Planet: New Horizons on Population, Consumption, and Ecology. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1993.
Matthews, Clifford N., Mary Evelyn Tucker, and Philip Hefner, eds. When Worlds Converge: What Science and Religion Tell Us about the Story of the Universe and Our Place in It. Chicago: Open Court, 2002.
McFague, Sallie. A New Climate for Theology: God, the World, and Global Warming. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2008.
McFague, Sallie. Life Abundant: Rethinking Theology and Economy for a Planet in Peril. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2001.
McFague, Sallie. The Body of God: An Ecological Theology. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1993.
McKibben, Bill. The Comforting Whirlwind: God, Job, and the Scale of Creation. Cambridge, MA: Cowley Publication, 2005.
Newell, J. Philip. Christ of the Celts: The Healing of Creation. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2008.
Ruether, Rosemary Radford. Gaia and God: An Ecofeminist Theology of Earth Healing. San Francisco: HarperSan Francisco, 1992.
Ruether, Rosemary Radford, ed. Women Healing Earth: Third World Women on Ecology, Feminism, and Religion. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1996.
Schwartz, Richard H. Judaism and Global Survival. New York: Lantern Books, 2002.
Sleeth, J. Matthew. Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2006.
Sleeth, J. Matthew. The Gospel According to the Earth: Why the Good Book Is a Green Book. New York: HarperCollins, 2010.
Swimme, Brian. The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos: Humanity and the New Story. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1996.
Tucker, Mary Evelyn, commentary by Judith A. Berling. Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase. Chicago: Open Court, 2003.
Tucker, Mary Evelyn, and John A. Grim, eds. Worldviews and Ecology: Religion, Philosophy, and the Environment. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1994.
Wildcat, Daniel R. Red Alert! Saving the Planet with Indigenous Knowledge. Golden, CO: Fulcrum, 2009.
Wirzba, Norman. The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age. New York: Oxford, 2003.
See also the Harvard University Press series on Religions of the World and Ecology, including Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Indigenous Traditions, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, and books of collected essays on related topics.
