Humanity, writes Professor Nasr in this book, is no longer in harmony with Heaven and is therefore in constant strife with the terrestrial environment (p.3). In eight tightly-packed chapters, each furnished with copious notes and a bibliography, he shows how Western thought moved away from the idea that nature was sacred, and came to see it rather as something to be used and exploited by humans. This modern view, which originated in the West, has now spread worldwide and is responsible for destruction of the environment on a global scale. Human beings without the restraint of religion -- any religion -- have had devastating consequences for both civilisation and the world of nature.
It used to be fashionable for Christian theologians to
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