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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787035003321

Autore

Lane Belden C. <1943->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-19-756327-9

0-19-939417-2

0-19-939405-9

0-19-992782-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

204/.46

Soggetti

Nature - Religious aspects

Wilderness (Theology)

Backpacking

Books and reading - Religious aspects

Spiritual life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Thérèse of Lisieux -- Desire: Rockpile Mountsin wilderness and Thomas Traherne -- Solitude: Bell Mountain wilderness and Søren 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 explore the interior landscape and the spiritual realm of nature.