The potential of religion for Earth Stewardship

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 368-376

  Hitzhusen, Gregory E ^a   Tucker, Mary Evelyn ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ECONOMIC POLICY; RELIGION; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84883377921     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/120322     Document Type: Review

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