Nature Religion in America

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Nature Religion in America

Author	: Catherine L. Albanese
File Size	: 44,5 Mb
Publisher	: University of Chicago Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 24 September 1991
ISBN	: 9780226011462
Pages	: 283 pages

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Nature Religion in America by Catherine L. Albanese Book PDF Summary

Charts the multiple histories of American nature religion and explores the moral and spiritual responses the encounter with nature has provoked throughout American history. Traces the connections between movements and individuals. Includes figures from popular culture such as the Hutchinson Family Singers and Davy Crockett as well as Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau and John Muir.

Nature Religion in America by Catherine L. Albanese

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Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature by Bron Taylor

The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, originally published in 2005, is a landmark work in the burgeoning field of religion and nature. It covers a vast and interdisciplinary range of material, from thinkers to religious traditions and beyond, with clarity and style. Widely praised by reviewers and the recipient of two

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The Nature of the Religious Right by Neall W. Pogue

In The Nature of the Religious Right, Neall W. Pogue examines how white conservative evangelical Christians became a political force known for hostility toward environmental legislation. Before the 1990s, this group used ideas of nature to help construct the religious right movement while developing theologically based, eco-friendly philosophies that can

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