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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812454503321

Autore

Berry Evan <1977->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-520-96114-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Disciplina

220.07

Soggetti

Human ecology - Religious aspects - Christianity

Human ecology - United States

Environmentalism - Religious aspects - Christianity

Environmentalism - United States

Nature - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Recreation and soteriology -- Congregating around nature -- Sacred space and the American environmental imagination -- Recreation and spiritual experience -- Conclusion : the mechanics of religious change.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.