Nature Religions Not Always Linked to Sustainable Living

There is little evidence to suggest that so-called animistic religion can help us in in the face of ecological crisis and climate change, says religious studies scholar Aike Rots.

Three men on a fishing boat.

PRAYING TO THE WHALE GOD: Fishers in Vietnam arrange festivals and build temples to honour the whales they hunt.

Photo: Aike Rots.

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