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Deep Blue : Critical Reflections on Nature, Religion and Water.

Nature religions look to rivers, lakes and oceans for inspiration and spiritual transformation. 'Deep Blue' brings together the work of influential scholars in the field of nature religion, ranging across anthropology, mythology, sociology and psychology. The essays examine the interrelati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shaw, Sylvie
Otros Autores: Francis, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Artist's statement; Contributors; Preface; Invocation; Introduction: sacred waters; I Entering sacred space; Editors' introduction; 1. 'Singing through the sea': song, sea and emotion; 2. Water of life, water of death: Pagan notions of water from antiquity to today; 3. The fertility goddess of the Zulu: reflections on a calling to Inkosazana's Pool; 4. Rivers of memory, lakes of survival: Indigenous water traditions and the Anishinaabeg nation; II Divine connections; Editors' introduction; 5. Creature of water.
  • 6. Saltwater feet: the flow of dance in Oceania7. I am the river bleeding; 8. Deep blue religion; III The sacredness of water; Editors' introduction; 9. The spirit of the Edge: Rachel Carson and numinous experience between land and sea; 10. The mystery of waters; 11. Sister Water: an introduction to blue theology; 12. Sea spirituality, surfing and aquatic nature religion; IV Waves of energy: in defence of water; Editors' introduction; 13. Animism, economics and sustainable water development; 14. Blue, green and red: combining energies in defence of water.
  • 15. Neglect and reclamation of water as sacred resourceEco-logue: and in me you find peace; Close; Index.