At home in nature : modern homesteading and spiritual practice in America /

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Motivated variously by the desire to reject consumerism, to live closer to the earth, to embrace voluntary simplicity, or to discover a more spiritual path, homesteaders have made the radical decision to go "back to the land," rejecting modern culture and amenities to live self-sufficientl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gould, Rebecca Kneale, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Country life > Religious aspects.
Nature > Religious aspects.
Spirituality > United States.
Country life > United States.
Nature and civilization > United States.
Nature > Aspect religieux.
Spiritualité > États-Unis.
Nature et civilisation > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Country life
Country life > Religious aspects
Nature and civilization
Nature > Religious aspects
Spirituality
United States > Religious life and customs.
United States
19th century.
20th century.
america.
american culture.
back to the land.
close to earth.
environmental ethics.
faith and spirituality.
firsthand accounts.
helen nearing.
henry david thoreau.
homesteaders.
homesteading philosophy.
interviews.
john burroughs.
living in nature.
living simply.
modern homesteading.
nature and religion.
nonfiction.
off the grid.
ralph borsodi.
reject consumerism.
scott nearing.
self sufficient living.
spiritual path.
spiritual practices.
wendell berry.
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  • List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Homesteading Time Line; Introduction; 1. Conversion; 2. Getting (Not Too) Close to Nature; 3. Homemade Ritual; Interlude: Interpreting Ambivalence: Homesteading as Spiritual and Cultural Work; 4. The Reenchantment of the Farm: John Burroughs Goes Back to the Land; 5. Scott Nearing and the Social Gospel of Agriculture; 6. Ambivalent Legacies I: The Dynamics of Engagement and Retreat; 7. Ambivalent Legacies II: Gender, Class, Nature, and Religion; Appendix: Of Hoes and Huckleberries: A Note on Method; Notes; Selected Bibliography.

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