商品簡介
In this lively, round-the-world trip, law professor and humorist Jay Wexler explores the intersection of religion and the environment.
Whether it’s Hindus in Mumbai carrying twenty-five-foot plaster idols of Ganesh into the sea, or Taoists in Hong Kong creating poisonous fumes by burning bushels of “ghost money,” or American Palm Sunday celebrants contributing to the deforestation of Central American palm forests, religious practices can sometimes cause significant damage to the environment. In this book, law professor Jay Wexler travels the globe—from Alaska to India, from Singapore to Mexico and beyond—to investigate instances where religious practice and environmentalism collide in order to understand the complexity of these problems and learn how society can best address them. Whether he’s feasting on whale blubber above the Arctic Circle, bumping along in the back of a battered jeep through a Guatemalan jungle, or learning how to pluck a dead bald eagle at the National Eagle Repository, Wexler never fails to entertain as he tries to answer the question “Can religious practice and environmental protection coexist?”
作者簡介
Jay Wexler is a professor at the Boston University School of Law, where he has taught environmental law and church/state law since 2001. He is the author of three previous books, includingHoly Hullabaloos: A Road Trip to the Battlegrounds of the Church/State Wars andThe Odd Clauses: Understanding the Constitution Through Ten of Its Most Curious Provisions. Prior to teaching, Wexler studied religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School and law at Stanford Law School. In addition to his many academic publications, his writing has also appeared in the Boston Globe, McSweeney’s, Mental Floss, Salon, Slate, and Spy. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
