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Dark Green Religion

Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future

  • Paperback
  • 360 pages
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • 19.4 x 22.8 x 2.2 cm

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In this innovative and deeply felt work, Bron Taylor examines the evolution of 'green religions' in North America and beyond: spiritual practices that hold nature as sacred and have in many cases replaced traditional religions. Tracing a wide range of groups-radical environmental activists, lifestyle-focused bioregionalists, surfers, new-agers involved in 'ecopsychology', and groups that hold scientific narratives as sacred - Taylor addresses a central theoretical question: How can environmentally oriented, spiritually motivated individuals and movements be understood as religious when many of them reject religious and supernatural worldviews? The 'dark' of the title further expands this idea by emphasizing the depth of believers' passion and also suggesting a potential shadow side: besides uplifting and inspiring, such religion might mislead, deceive, or in some cases precipitate violence. This book provides a fascinating global tour of the green religious phenomenon, enabling readers to evaluate its worldwide emergence and to assess its role in a critically important religious revolution.

  • Title

    Dark Green Religion

  • Author

    Bron Taylor

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    University of California Press

  • Published

    November 2009

  • Weight

    491g

  • Page Count

    360

  • Dimensions

    19.4 x 22.8 x 2.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780520261006

  • ISBN-10

    0520261003

  • Eden Code

    3824935

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