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Greening Philosophy of Religion: Process, Ecology, and Ethics

Greening Philosophy of Religion: Process, Ecology, and Ethics develops fruitful avenues for the theory and practice of greening philosophy of religion. Collected with a pluralistic conception of both philosophy and religion, the chapters in this volume address pressing and timely issues that involve imagining ecological democracy as an ideal horizon for facing climate catastrophe, with a radical hope and sober vision for realizing a more sustainable planetary economy that places a high value on food sovereignty, an ethic of trust, and inter-religious conversations. Edited by Jea Sophia Oh and John Quiring, this book offers a vital contribution to the fields of philosophy of religion, environmental ethics, religion and ecology, comparative philosophy, and ecotheology—all tuned to the note of process thinking and a deep ecological sensibility.

About the Author(s)

Jea Sophia Oh

Dr. Jea Sophia Oh is Professor of Philosophy at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Her research primarily focuses on the fields of Asian and comparative philosophies, religion and ecology, process philosophy, and postcolonial theory. Her first book A Postcolonial Theology of Life: Planetarity East and West (2011) is a path-making work in Korean ecofeminist theology and comparative philosophy. She is the editor and co-author of Nature’s Transcendence and Immanence: A Comparative Interdisciplinary Ecstatic Naturalism (2017), Suffering and Evil in Nature: Comparative Responses from Ecstatic Naturalism and Healing Cultures (2021), Emotions (Jeong/Qing 情) in Korean Philosophies and Religions (2022), and Greening Philosophy of Religion: Rethinking Climate Change at the Intersection of Philosophy and Religion (2024). She is the chair of the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (SACP) at the Central division and the International Society of Chinese Philosophy (ISCP) at the Eastern division of American Philosophical Association (APA). She also serves as the chair of the Society of Study of Process Philosophy (SSPP) at APA in all three divisions.