Religion, Culture, and Ecological Flourishing in Asian Contexts

Published by Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication, St John's University, Thailand, 2025

Edited by Anthony Le Duc

Contents

Contributors

Introduction

Anthony Le Duc

pp. xi-xvi

1. Religious Environmental Humanism in a Wounded World

Anthony Le Duc
pp. 1-17

2. Ecological Crisis as Human Self-Destruction Through Destruction of Nature

Imtiyaz Yusuf
pp. 18-37

3. Buddhism Towards Ecological Sustainability: Critical Crisis on Lessons Learned from the Lankavatara Sutra

Phrakhrupalad Chotipath Acharashubho Thepa
pp. 38–60

4. Understanding the Local Wisdom of the Acehnese People in Maintaining Environmental Sustainability: A Social Anthropology Perspective

Kamaruzzaman Bustamam-Ahmad
pp. 61–73

5. Indigenous Religious Practices and Their Ecologies

Chandrabhanu Pattanayak
pp. 74–86

6. The Ecological Meaning of Roko Molas Poco Rite of Manggarai-Flores from the Perspective of Martin Buber’s Dialogical Philosophy

Antonius Bastian Limahekin, Laurentius Florido Atu, and Andreas Pati Blemang
pp. 87–105

7. Eco-Spirituality in Papua New Guinea’s Traditional Beliefs and Christian Teachings: A Response to the Contemporary Ecological Crisis

Tuan Viet Cao, CM
pp. 106–125

8. “Land is Our Life”: Laudato Si’ in Action in Papua New Guinea

Philip Gibbs and Matthias Lopa
pp. 126–137

9. On Shikinen Sengu, the Shinto Construction Ritual and the Environmental Psyche

Fumihiko Matsumoto
pp. 138–148

10. Reclaiming Indigenous Beliefs and Practices in Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability in the Cordillera

Rico Casta Jacoba
pp. 149–168

11. Interculturality as Paradigm to Promote Social and Environmental Sustainability

Anthony Le Duc
pp. 169–187

12. Rooted in Nature: Ecological Ethics in Traditional Vietnamese Folklore

Tuan Viet Cao, CM
pp. 188–201

13. Ecofeminism in the Philippines: Reframing “Babae Kasi” and the “Ate” Role in Environmental Advocacy

Jeramie N. Molino
pp. 202–220

14. The Pivotal Role of Vietnamese Women: Guardians of Ecology

Michael Nguyen, SVD
pp. 221–238

15. Promoting Ecological Civilization through Religious Prophetic Communication: An Interreligious Framework

Anthony Le Duc
pp. 239–261

16. Communicating Ecological Safeguarding Across Asia: Strategies and Challenges

Roderick Evans Bartolome
pp. 262–289

17. Laudato Si’ E-Trading Network: Innovation and Sustainability on a Planet in Peril

Benigno P. Beltran, SVD
pp. 290–323

18. Inter-Creationality among the Community of Beings: An Interreligious and Cosmological Perspective

Anthony Le Duc
pp. 324–346