ABSTRACT
What do ancient religious worldviews have to teach about modern crises over water resources, climate change, and conflict management? This chapter explores this question through the lens of the Four Stages of Water Conflict Transformation: adversarial, reflexive, integrative, and action. These Stages can be overlayed with four religious experiential levels: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Six major worldviews are discussed: Native American traditions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Tangible examples and applications to environmental stewardship and conflict management are synthesized from each.
