Religion and Society -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction -- Part I -- Part II -- Part III -- PART I -- 2. Chapter 1: Nature, culture and religion in theory: an exploration of ideas -- 2.1. Tracing Western thought on nature -- 2.2. Culture and religion in classical evolution -- 2.3. Nature and culture in American neo-evolutionism -- 2.3.1. Religion in American neo-evolutionism -- 2.4. Ecosystem and religion: restoring balance on islands -- 2.4.1. Ecosystem and religion I: Roy Rappaport -- 2.4.2. Ecosystem and religion II: Stephen Lansing -- 2.5. From contextuality to cognition: sum ergo cogito -- 2.5.1. Sharing culture through ecological relations -- 2.5.2. Folk-ecology and religious belief -- 2.5.3. Religion and adaption -- 3. Chapter 2: Nature, culture and religion in Mediterranean context -- 3.1. The prehistory of islands settlement: inputs from the Mediterranean Neolithic -- 3.2. Contemplating cultural unity: three synoptics of the historical Mediterranean -- 3.2.1. Honour and shame: a Mediterranean unity of values -- 4. Chapter 3: Environmental ethics and eco-theology: a discourse on values -- 4.1. Indigeneity and the ethics of nature conservation -- 4.2. The historical roots of our ecological crisis -- 4.3. Eastern Orthodox eco-theology: tracing Eastern thoughts on nature -- 4.3.1. Principles of Orthodox eco-theology: icons, liturgy and asceticism -- 4.4. Islamic eco-theology: the doctrine of unity -- 4.4.1. Creation as trust: principles of Islamic nature conservation -- 4.5. Eastern Orthodox and Islamic eco-theology in comparison -- PART II -- 5. Chapter 4: Cyprus in the Ottoman Mediterranean: a historical introduction to Part II -- 5.1. New paradigms for an Ottoman Mediterranean -- 5.2. Agricultural patterns, agrarian cycles and the rural economy.

5.3. Ottoman island society and state-peasant relations -- 5.4. The Church of Cyprus as Ottoman stakeholder: an economy of nation-building -- 6. Chapter 5: The ecology of coexistence -- 6.1. The texture of neighbourhood: from social to ecological parameters -- 6.2. Religious belonging and residential patterns in Ottoman Cyprus -- 6.3. The Ottoman system of land administration -- 6.4. Land, forests and water: ecological strategies of Ottoman Cyprus -- 7. Chapter 6: Religion and ecology in pre-modern Cyprus -- 7.1. Institutional conservation and resource management -- 7.2. Local religion: property, folklore and ethno-ecology -- 7.2.1. Folklore studies: tree worship and the problem of survivals -- 7.3. Syncretism and the discourse on Mediterranean plurality -- 7.4. Syncretism in Cyprus: developing an eco-cognitive approach -- PART III -- 8. Chapter 7: From colonial rule to modern division: a historical introduction to Part III -- 8.1. Colonial division -- 8.2. Post-colonial division -- 9. Chapter 8: the ecology of conflict -- 9.1. British colonial landscapes: a vision of orderliness and control -- 9.1.1. British agricultural reforms: modernizing property -- 9.2. The rise of the real-estate market: commodification and conflict -- 9.2.1. The land market as a setting of ethnic conflict -- 9.3. Property relations after division: the property issue -- 10. Chapter 9: Nature conservation and sustainability in conflict discourse -- 10.1. An environmental conflict? Nature conservation and inter-communal relations -- 10.2. The Akamas issue: a tragedy of the commons -- 10.3. Environmentalism in Cyprus: a post-colonial perspective -- 10.4. Nationalism and the ecumenical: considering ecclesiastical politics -- 10.4.1. A concern for landscape: the Church and the cultural heritage in the North -- 11. Conclusion -- 12. Appendix -- 13. Bibliography -- Subject Index.