Nature Religion in America: From the Algonkian Indians to the New Age

by Catherine L. Albanese

Paperback, 1991

Status

Available

Call number

291.2

Series

Chicago History of American Religion (1990)

Tags

Religion in America, Nature Spirituality, Homeopathy, Nature Worship, Millennialism, Henry David Thoreau, Transcendentalism, Wilderness, John Muir, Thomas Jefferson, Native American Religion, Bibliography

Genres

Collections

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Publication

University of Chicago Press (1991), Edition: 1, 284 pages

Description

This ground-breaking study reveals an unorganized and previously unacknowledged religion at the heart of American culture. Nature, Albanese argues, has provided a compelling religious center throughout American history.

User reviews

LibraryThing member aulsmith
An overview of the myriad ways Americans in the US have incorporated nature into their religious outlook. Goes beyond the obvious links between the Transcendentalists and the New Age. Recommended.

Subjects

Nature worship United States History
United States Religion

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

1990

Physical description

284 p.; 9 inches

ISBN

0226011461 / 9780226011462

Local notes

Pencil underlining and marginalia

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