Faith in Nature

"Faith in Nature traces the history of environmentalism - and its moral thrust - from its roots in the Enlightenment and Romanticism, through the Progressive Era to the present. Drawing astonishing parallels between religion and environmentalism, the book examines the passion of the movement's adherents and enemies alike, its concern with the moral conduct of daily life, and its attempt to answer fundamental questions about the underlying order of the world and of humanity's place within it."--Jacket.

First sentence: It was the manner in which some historians reacted to William Cronon's "The Trouble with Wilderness" that first got me thinking, consciously at any rate, about the topic that turned into this book.

Year

2004

Language

English

Publisher

University of Washington Press

Editions

2

Pages

206

ISBN

9780295985565

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