Devoted to nature : the religious roots of American environmentalism

Devoted to nature : the religious roots of American environmentalism / Evan Berry.

"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...

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Main Author: Berry, Evan, 1977- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Human ecology > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Human ecology > United States.
Environmentalism > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Environmentalism > United States.
Nature > Religious aspects > Christianity.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > General.
Environmentalism > Religious aspects > Christianity
Environmentalism
Human ecology
Human ecology > Religious aspects > Christianity
Nature > Religious aspects > Christianity
United States
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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.

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