ISLAMIC ARCHIVESThe Encounter of Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis of Modern ManSeyyed Hossein Nasr

Published: 1968
Language: English
Type: Book
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SCIENCE AND RELIGION ISLAM AND MODERNITY 1947–1979

The Encounter of Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man

Name: The Encounter of Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man
Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Lectures given in Chicago in 1966 arguing that the modern environmental crisis results from the loss of a sacred view of nature; an early text of religious environmental thought.

Keywords: Man and Nature, environmental crisis, Rockefeller lectures, sacred nature

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Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. The Encounter of Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man. 1968. Archived 14 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/works/nasr-the-encounter-of-man-and-nature-the-spiritual/