When God Isn't Green : A World-Wide Journey to Places Where Religious Practice and Environmentalism Collide (Paperback)

from bezoar44

I'm grateful to have received an Early Reviewer copy of this book in February 2016. The fact that it took me ten months to finish it sort of sums up my reaction. It deals with an interesting topic, named in the subtitle - how should public policy deal with situations where religious observance hu...

from Juva

After learning about the existence of a bald eagle repository where the U.S. government distributes the corpses of bald eagles that have died in the wild to Native Americans for use and religious rituals, the author of this book becomes fascinated with the tensions between environmentalism and re...

from minacee

Jay Wexler's curiosity serves him well as he travels around the world to study the places where religious practices and environmentalism aren't as in harmony as we think. When the Earth, its life, and religious rituals are all sacred how do humans prioritize the sacredness of each? If they do at ...

from lanceparkin

I enjoyed the book, I think it needed a little more heft - it's very anecdotal, it doesn't have all that many examples. It's also clear that many of the churches are aware of the environmental problems and seeking to mitigate them.

from sfosterg

I won a copy of When God Isn't Green through LibraryThing's Early Reader giveaway program in exchange for an honest review. Author, Jay Wexler, is a professor of environmental law at Boston University. Wexler takes the reader on trips across the globe to examine the points where environmental law...