Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2012. № 10. Part 1. P. 162-165.
ECOLOGICAL ASPECT IN IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF AMERICAN NEO-PAGANISM
Sarakaeva Asya Alievna
Astrakhan' State University
Abstract. The author considers ecological component in the philosophy of modern American neo-pagan groups, analyzes the reasons of ecological questions high significance for this cultural-religious movement, studies the various sources of neo-pagan environmentalism, pays particular attention to those ways of ecological problems solution, which are offered by neo-pagans, and determines the correlation between a neo-pagan's gender status and his (her) position on an ecological problem.
Key words and phrases: неоязычество, экотеология, экофеминизм, религия природы, гендерно мотивированные подходы к решению экологических проблем, neo-paganism, eco-theology, eco-feminism, religion of nature, gender-grounded approaches to ecological problems solution
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