Religion and environment / edited by Yahya Oyewole Imam.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Imam, Yahya Oyewole
Language:English
Published: Ibadan, Nigeria : Association for the Study of the Interplay between Religion and Science, [2010], ©2010.
Subjects:
Human ecology > Religious aspects.
Environmental protection > Religious aspects.
Environmental degradation > Religious aspects.
Environmental ethics.
Environmental responsibility.
Physical Description:243 pages ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 1. Religion and personal/public health: a Christian perspective / Emmanuel Kana Mani
  • 2. The relevance of Islam to science and Muslims' contributions to it / U.U. Modibbo, Musa Halilu and Ahmed Hammawa Song
  • 3. Adherence of religious teachings as an effective antidote to perennial environmental problems in our midst / Abdul Azeez B. Shittu
  • 4. The role of religion in the development of environmental ethics in Nigeria: a philosophical approach / S.O. Ijaola and T.T. Asojo
  • 5. Religion and environmental sustainability / Zaato Mathew Nor
  • 6. The impact of religion on personal and public health: the Tiv experience / A.Z. Apenda and Ruth Gbayan
  • 7. The religio-cultural implication of "imborivungu" on Tiv environment in the 21st century / A.Z. Apenda and P. Adega
  • 8. Cruelty towards animals: an Islamic perspective / K.A. Omofoyewa
  • 9. The Bible, ecology and the African world view: an exploratory analysis / James S. Moti
  • 10. HIV-AIDS scourge in Nasarawa State: a Macedonia call on the church / Theophilus Angbashim
  • 11. Drought and its mitigation through religion and environmental science: an overview / Muhammad Bello Ibrahim and Muhammad Kyari
  • 12. Environmental sustainability: faith and knowledge-based roles in Nigeria / Muhammad Bello Ibrahim
  • 13. A review of patterns of maternal and child mortality among Muslims in Nigeria / Abubakar Kawu Monguno and Yusuf Muhammad Adamu
  • 14. A survey of drought in the 19th and 20th centuries: Borno and its Islamic solution / Muhammad Kyari and Muhammad Bello Ibrahim
  • 15. Harnessing African Religio-cultural practices for the protection of environmental degradation / Waapela Nina Perpetua
  • 16. Islam and drought control / Sheriff Garba
  • 17. Islamic perspectives on environmental care and hygiene / Abdulhamid Muhammad
  • 18. Islamic view on the causes and remedies of drought / Chiroma Tahir and Muhammad Musa Gele
  • 19. Islam and the imperative of environmental sustainability / Abba Alhaji Bukar
  • 20. Heavy metal toxicity and human health / Olufunke A. Sodipo.