TY - BOOK AU - Khalid,Fazlun M. TI - Signs on the earth: Islam, modernity and the climate crisis SN - 9781847740779 AV - GF75 .S546 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Markfield, Leicestershire, England PB - Kube Publishing Ltd KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Climatic changes KW - Human ecology KW - Religious aspects KW - Islam KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Foreword and acknowledgements --; Introduction --; Chapter 1: A house of cards. Hegemony --; Brains, black holes and the Enlightenment --; The bridge --; A lethal cocktail --; Endnotes --; Chapter 2: A ravished earth. A disconnected people --; The pollution boomerang --; Rape of the forests --; Ecocide --; The nectar of life --; A delayed reaction --; Endnotes --; Chapter 3: Prosperity in perspective. Happiness and the good life --; The progress trap --; Development and delusions --; The fantasy of growth --; Endnotes --; Chapter 4: How history accelerated. All the time in the world --; Signs of impatience --; A spurt --; Acceleration --; Endnotes --; Chapter 5: Islam and the natural world. Mobilizing faith --; Rediscovering the natural world --; Producing results --; Endnotes --; Chapter 6: Surviving the anthropocene. Collapse --; What now? --; Hope springs eternal --; Endnotes --; Appendix: Islamic declaration on global climate change --; List of acronyms --; Glossary of Arabic terms --; List of quotations from the Qur'an --; Bibliography --; Index; 2; b UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2088491&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -