Proceedings of a colloquium held at Florida International University in February 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The tensions and promises of religion and ecology's past, present, a nd future / Whitney A. Bauman, Richard R. Bohannon II, Kevin J. O'Brien -- Nature religion and the problem of authenticity / Evan Berry -- The importance and limits of taking science seriously : data and uncertain ty in religion and ecology / Srah E. Fredericks, Kevin J. O'Brien -- Wh at traditions are represented in religion and ecology? : a perspective from an American scholar of Islam / Eleanor Finnegan -- Opening the lan guage of religion and ecology : viable spaces for transformative politi cs / Whitney A. Bauman -- Feminist, gender, and sexuality studies in re ligion and ecology : where we have been, where we are now, and where we might go / Tovis Page -- Practically natural : religious resources for environmental pragmatism / Lucas F. Johnson, Samuel Snyder -- How does it feel to be an environmental problem? : studying religion and ecolog y in the African diaspora / Elonda Clay -- Saving the world (and the pe ople in it, too) : religion in eco-justice and environmental justice / Richard R. Bohannon II, Kevin J. O'Brien -- Religion and ecology on the ground : "practice" and "place" as key concepts / Brian G. Campbell -- Religion and the urban environment / Richard R. Bohannon II -- The buz zing, breathing, clicking, clacking, biting, stinging, chirping, howlin g landscape of religious studies / Gavin Van Horn -- Conclusion: The te rritory ahead / Whitney A. Bauman, Richard R. Bohannon II, Kevin J. O'B rien.