Devoted To Nature The Religious Roots Of American Environmentalism - Evan Berry - Hardcover - en Book

Devoted To Nature Explores The Religious Underpinnings Of American Environmentalism, Tracing The Theological Character Of American Environmental Thought From Its Romantic Foundations To Contemporary Nature Spirituality. During The Gilded Age And The Progressive Era, Religious Sources Were Central To The Formation Of The American Environmental Imagination, Shaping Ideas About The Natural World, Establishing Practices Of Engagement With Environments And Landscapes, And Generating New Modes Of Social And Political Interaction. Building On The Work Of Seminal Environmental Historians Who Acknowledge The Environmental Movement's Religious Roots, Evan Berry Offers A Potent Theoretical Corrective To The Narrative That Explained The Presence Of Religious Elements In The Movement Well Into The Twentieth Century.