Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and reader's guide -- Part I introduction -- 1. The stakes of sustainability and its religious dimensions -- 2. Defining the terms -- 3. Sustainability as a contagious meme -- Part II introduction -- 4. The genesis and globalization of sustainability -- 5. The religious dimensions of sustainability... -- 6. The contributions of natural and social sciences... -- Part III introduction -- 7. Walking together separately -- 8. Stories of partnership -- 9. The religious dimension of secular sustainability -- 10. Manufacturing or cultivating common ground? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.