Troubled Waters

Religion, Ethics, and the Global Water Crisis

Gary Chamberlain

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2007
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781461646426
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Ethics & Religion

Water-although it covers more than two-thirds of the earth's surface, clean, potable water is in critically short supply. As more and more people globally show greater interest in what their religious traditions say about our natural world, Troubled Waters: Religion, Ethics, and the Global Water Crisis examines the central role of water in various traditions and rituals, arriving at creative new ways to approach the growing water crisis worldwide.

Chamberlain outlines many of the current water problems and lays out clear principles for action that engaged citizens from various traditions can undertake to meet the growing water challenges through conservation and water management policies. The book describes many religious practices from around the world that help sustain and restore water by using new technologies and reviving old ones. Offering creative suggestions for both personal practices and group action, Chamberlain advocates conservation, preservation, and restoration of our troubled waters.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• CHAPTER ONE - Water in Indigenous and Asian Traditions
• CHAPTER TWO - Water in Abrahamic Western Traditions
• CHAPTER THREE - Water: A Biography
• CHAPTER FOUR - Water and the Human Cycle
• CHAPTER FIVE - A Tenuous Relationship: Human Need and Water Resources
• CHAPTER SIX - Water Management: Privatization, Problems, and Resistance
• CHAPTER SEVEN - Rights to Water and a New Water Ethic
• CHAPTER EIGHT - “I Like Fountain Flow”: Religion Revisited
• CHAPTER NINE - Where Do We Go from Here?
• Selected Bibliography
• Web Resources
• Index
• About the Author