Ethics-based environmentalism in practice: Religious-environmental organizations in the United States

Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-179

  Smith, Angela M ^a   Pulver, Simone ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Ethics; Faith based; Religion; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149186615     PISSN: 13635247     EISSN: 15685357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853509X438580     Document Type: Review

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