This book examines the dialogue that is taking place both at philosophical and practical levels to uncover and use the many resources that Islam provides for environmental balance. These resources are at times specific to the relationship between humans and the natural world, and at other times reflective of a larger relationship among humans and the divine that is described in Islam as al-tawh, or divine unity. The discussion of these resources has been taking place within the Muslim world and is now, in this volume and others, beginning to find an audience among non-Muslim scholars and lay people of all faiths. The caution that members of the developing world, many of whom are Muslim, often feel toward environmental concerns is present throughout this book.

The book is an excellent resource for an exploration of these questions, and the essays provide an interesting set of insights into the Qur'an as well as a better understanding of the positive contributions of Islam in the developing world.