Backpacking with the saints : wilderness hiking as spiritual practice / / Belden C. Lane
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| Autore: |
Lane Belden C. <1943->
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| Titolo: |
Backpacking with the saints : wilderness hiking as spiritual practice / / Belden C. Lane
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
| ©2015 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 204/.46 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nature - Religious aspects |
| Wilderness (Theology) | |
| Backpacking | |
| Books and reading - Religious aspects | |
| Spiritual life | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Backpacking with the saints |
| ISBN: | 0-19-756327-9 |
| 0-19-939417-2 | |
| 0-19-939405-9 | |
| 0-19-992782-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825558503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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