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Author Berry, Evan, 1977- author.

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

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
2015

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Description 1 online resource (282 pages)
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Recreation and soteriology -- Congregating around nature -- Sacred space and the American environmental imagination -- Recreation and spiritual experience -- Conclusion : the mechanics of religious change.
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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Human ecology -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Human ecology -- United States.
Environmentalism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Environmentalism -- United States.
Nature -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9780520285729 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520285727 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520285736 (pbk.)
0520285735 (pbk.)
9780520961142 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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