Every source listed below was consulted directly in the research and writing of this project. Sources are organized by the religion they informed, in the order each appears on the site.
01
Hinduism
Environmental Ethics & Climate Change
Chapple, Christopher Key, and Mary Evelyn Tucker, editors. Hinduism and Ecology: The Intersection of Earth, Sky, and Water. Harvard University Press, 2000.
Narayanan, Vasudha. “‘One Tree Is Equal to Ten Sons’: Hindu Responses to the Problems of Ecology, Population, and Consumption.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion, vol. 65, no. 2, 1997, pp. 291–332.
Pew Research Center. “Religious Composition by Country, 2010–2050.” Pew Research Center, 2 Apr. 2015, pewresearch.org/religion.
The Atharva Veda. Translated by Maurice Bloomfield, Sacred Books of the East, vol. 42, Clarendon Press, 1897. Hymn to the Earth (Bhumi Suktam) referenced from XII.1.
Hindu Declaration on Climate Change. Bhumi Project & Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Nov. 2015, hinduclimatedeclaration2015.org.
Guha, Ramachandra. The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya. University of California Press, 2000. (For the Chipko movement.)
Jain, Pankaj. Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability. Routledge, 2011.
02
Buddhism
Reflection on the Dhammapada
The Dhammapada: The Buddha’s Path of Wisdom. Translated by Ácariya Buddharakkhita, Buddhist Publication Society, 1985. Verse 277 referenced.
Rahula, Walpola. What the Buddha Taught. 2nd ed., Grove Press, 1974.
Gethin, Rupert. The Foundations of Buddhism. Oxford University Press, 1998.
Bhikkhu Bodhi, translator. In the Buddha’s Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon. Wisdom Publications, 2005.
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. Revised ed., Bantam Books, 2013. (For the modern psychological reception of impermanence.)
Harvey, Peter. An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Greenburg, Zack O’Malley. Three Kings: Diddy, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, and Hip-Hop’s Multibillion-Dollar Rise. Little, Brown and Company, 2018. (For Drake’s career trajectory and Toronto context.)
Weiss, Bari. “The World’s Most Famous Jewish Rapper.” Tablet Magazine, 6 May 2013, tabletmag.com.
Drake. “HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right)” (feat. Lil Wayne). Take Care, Young Money / Cash Money / Republic Records, 2011. Music video directed by Director X, 2012.
Wood, Mikael. “Drake’s Toronto: A Tour of the Rapper’s 6.” Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2018.
04
Christianity
Sagrada Família & the Transcendentals
Aquinas, Thomas. Summa Theologiae. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province, Benziger Brothers, 1947. (I, q. 39, a. 8 — on the three conditions of beauty: integritas, consonantia, claritas.)
Eco, Umberto. The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas. Translated by Hugh Bredin, Harvard University Press, 1988.
Burckhardt, Titus. Sacred Art in East and West: Its Principles and Methods. World Wisdom, 2001.
Bassegoda Nonell, Joan. Antoni Gaudí: Master Architect. Abbeville Press, 2000.
Zerbst, Rainer. Gaudí: The Complete Works. Taschen, 2019.
Sardar, Ziauddin. Mecca: The Sacred City. Bloomsbury, 2014.
Visit Saudi. Saudi Tourism Authority, 2024, visitsaudi.com.
“Al-Masjid an-Nabawi.” Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, 2024, haj.gov.sa.
Pew Research Center. “The World’s Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society.” Pew Research Center, 30 Apr. 2013, pewresearch.org.
Composed in Toronto, Spring of 2026. Set in Fraunces, Spectral, Cormorant Garamond and JetBrains Mono. With sincere thanks to those whose teaching and writing made this study possible.