Download or read book Religion and the Environment written by R. Tanner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an analysis of the whole frontier between religion and the environment. It deals in turn with their interactions and the effects of each on the other in the major world religions. It considers the religious impact on human uses of time, space, materials, transport, and foods, and the environmental effects of religious influence on major topics such as population pressures, morbidity, mortality, marital arrangements, contraception, the treatment of animals, and environmental management.