Backpacking with the saints : wilderness hiking as spiritual practice

Backpacking with the saints : wilderness hiking as spiritual practice / Belden C. Lane.

This title provides an account of solo wilderness backpacking as spiritual practice. On his solitary hikes, Belden Lane has as companions the great spiritual texts of the world's religions. The wilderness, he argues, offers an enlightening approach to the texts, presenting the opportunity to ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lane, Belden C., 1943- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Nature > Religious aspects.
Wilderness (Theology)
Backpacking > Miscellanea.
Books and reading > Religious aspects.
Spiritual life.
Backpacking
Books and reading > Religious aspects
Nature > Religious aspects
Spiritual life
Trivia and miscellanea
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Table of Contents:
  • The allure of the wild: backpacking as spiritual practice
  • The risk-taking character of wilderness reading
  • Venturing out: the Irish wilderniss and Columbia of Iona
  • Disillusionment: Laramie Peak and T€???rse of Lisieux
  • Desire: Rockpile Mountsin wilderness and Thomas Traherne
  • Solitude: Bell Mountain wilderness and S©ıren Kierkegaard
  • Traveling light: Gunstock Hollow and Dag Hammarskjold
  • Mindfulness: Moonshine Hollow and Thich Nhat Hanh
  • Fear: the maze in Canyonlands and John of the Cross
  • Failure: Mt. Whitney and Martin Luter
  • Dying: Mudlick Mountain Trail and The Cloud of Unknowing
  • Discernment: Taum Sauk Mountain and Jelaluddin Rumi
  • Community: Lower Rock Creed and Teilhard de Chardin
  • Justice: the Mermec River at Times Beach and Mohandas Gandhi
  • Holy folly: Aravaipa Canyon and Thomas Merton.

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