Description

As the global population continues to increase at an
alarming rate, the world, as a whole, now faces the
issue of overpopulation. If the world s natural
resource consumption and environmental
pollution/destruction continue at their current
pace, then the earth will eventually no longer be
able to sustain all of its inhabitants. Social
change is the only way to prevent this. The world s
religious traditions possess particular motivational
qualities with respect to people s worldviews and
behaviors. All of the world s religious traditions
are responding, in some way, to overpopulation.
Traditions in isolation, however, do not address the
complexities of the current ecological crisis.
Overpopulation requires a broader approach that
unites the respective responses. This book
examines the value of responses to overpopulation
from certain Buddhist intellectuals in the
contemporary religion and ecology discourse
concerning overpopulation while also underscoring
instances of resonance between those responses and
ones from modern Christian thinkers.