Devoted to nature : the religious roots of American environmentalism / Evan Berry.
2015
BT695.5 .B465 2015eb
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Title
Devoted to nature : the religious roots of American environmentalism / Evan Berry.
Author
Berry, Evan, 1977- author.
ISBN
9780520285729
0520285727
9780520285736
0520285735
9780520961142 (electronic book)
0520285727
9780520285736
0520285735
9780520961142 (electronic book)
Published
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Copyright
©2015
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (282 pages)
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BT695.5 .B465 2015eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
261.8/80973
Summary
"Devoted to Nature explores the religious underpinnings of American environmentalism, tracing the theological character of American environment thought from their Romantic foundations to contemporary discourse about nature spirituality. This history is most readily visible during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, when religious sources tangibly shaped ideas about the natural world, recreational practices, and modes of social and political interaction. The roots of the environmental movement evidence explicitly Christian understandings of salvation, redemption, and progress, which provided the context for Americans enthusiastic about the out-of-doors and established the horizons of possibility for the national environmental imagination"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Recreation and soteriology
Congregating around nature
Sacred space and the American environmental imagination
Recreation and spiritual experience
Conclusion : the mechanics of religious change.
Congregating around nature
Sacred space and the American environmental imagination
Recreation and spiritual experience
Conclusion : the mechanics of religious change.