03797nam 2200889 450 991081245450332120230807215948.00-520-96114-510.1525/9780520961142(CKB)3710000000432978(EBL)1974904(SSID)ssj0001516939(PQKBManifestationID)12557465(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001516939(PQKBWorkID)11495582(PQKB)11031091(MiAaPQ)EBC1974904(DE-B1597)520532(OCoLC)911410774(DE-B1597)9780520961142(EXLCZ)99371000000043297820150212h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDevoted to nature the religious roots of American environmentalism /Evan BerryOakland, California :University of California Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (282 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-28573-5 0-520-28572-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Recreation and soteriology -- Congregating around nature -- Sacred space and the American environmental imagination -- Recreation and spiritual experience -- Conclusion : the mechanics of religious change."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.Human ecologyReligious aspectsChristianityHuman ecologyUnited StatesEnvironmentalismReligious aspectsChristianityEnvironmentalismUnited StatesNatureReligious aspectsChristianity20th century environmentalist.american environmentalism.american religious history.christianity.environmental historians.environmental history.environmental science.environmentalism.gilded age environmentalism.gilded age religion.history.human ecology.nature and science.progressive era environmentalism.progressive era religion.religion and nature.religious elements in environmentalism.religious environmentalism.religious studies.sacred space.scientists.Human ecologyReligious aspectsChristianity.Human ecologyEnvironmentalismReligious aspectsChristianity.EnvironmentalismNatureReligious aspectsChristianity.220.07Berry Evan1977-1651971MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812454503321Devoted to nature4002288UNINA