The various religious sects across the globe have powerful teachings that can be explored for promoting the modern quest for environmental sustainability education and awareness creation.
You are certainly correct about these texts, but people are often hostile to attempts to interpret meaning as something other than they have been taught to believe.
What you propose must be done carefully and in small doses in order to avoid overt rejection by your audience.
Dear Marek, I am grateful for your timely advice and practical direction for my project. Thank you
Hi Dickson,
You have proposed a timely area of scholarship when the divide between liberal and conservative values are becoming louder than ever. However, various religious sects may have their own mystic leaders who may have influence over their religious/spiritual practices. It would be interesting to find them out.
History shows that scientists are often in trouble. For example, Galileo had to spend his last nine years of his life under house arrest, had the copies of his book burned, and was forced to recant his views on planetary movements in public.
Although not too harsh to scientists, there are ample contemporary examples of controversial science and technology, including environmental pollution and climate change.
The following article (also available in a book length manuscript) by Jacob Brownowski would be worth reading.
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Laxmi
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