ECO-RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: AN ANALYSIS OF SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR’S “ECO-SPIRITUALITY” IN THE CONTEXT OF BANGLADESH

Abstract

This research investigates why Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s eco-Islamic understanding and prescription seem significant for Bangladeshi people and how these can be implemented to reduce the environmental issues in Bangladesh. In terms of methodology, it is an analytical study based on reviewing Nasr’s eco-religious vision and examining its applicability in Bangladesh. As the project connects Nasr’s eco-religious teaching with the present environmental problems of Bangladesh, its prime result will be motivating Bangladeshi people from grassroots levels to maintain ecological equilibrium by diverting their attention from the mechanistical and materialistic view to an organic view of the environment. Alongside these, the study will enrich the current discussions on the role of religions in environmental sustainability from a Bangladeshi perspective.