TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berry,Evan
TI  - Devoted to nature: the religious roots of American environmentalism 
AV  - BT695.5 .B465 2015eb
U1  - 261.8/80973 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Oakland, California
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - United States
KW  - Environmentalism
KW  - Nature
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=11068812
ER  -