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Loving God's Wildness
Jeffrey Bilbro
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Description for Loving God's Wildness
Hardback. Analyzing writings ranging from the Puritans to the present day, Loving God s Wildness traces the effects of Christian theology on America s ecological imagination, revealing the often conflicted ways in which Americans relate to and perceive the natural world." Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; HRCM; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Analysing writings ranging from the Puritans to the present day, Loving God’s Wildness traces the effects of Christian theology on America’s ecological imagination, revealing the often conflicted ways in which Americans relate to and perceive the natural world.
When the Puritans arrived in the New World to carry out the colonization they saw as divinely mandated, they were confronted by the American wilderness. Part of their theology led them to view the natural environment as “a temple of God” in which they should glorify and serve its creator. The larger prevailing theological view, however, saw this vast continent as ... Read more
Analysing writings ranging from the Puritans to the present day, Loving God’s Wildness traces the effects of Christian theology on America’s ecological imagination, revealing the often conflicted ways in which Americans relate to and perceive the natural world.
When the Puritans arrived in the New World to carry out the colonization they saw as divinely mandated, they were confronted by the American wilderness. Part of their theology led them to view the natural environment as “a temple of God” in which they should glorify and serve its creator. The larger prevailing theological view, however, saw this vast continent as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817318574
SKU
V9780817318574
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About Jeffrey Bilbro
Jeffrey Bilbro is an assistant professor of English at Spring Arbor University in Michigan, USA. His articles have been published in Christianity and Literature, Early American Literature, Mississippi Quarterly, and the Southern Literary Journal.
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