Wendell Berry and religion : heaven's earthly life /
Farmer, poet, essayist, and environmental writer Wendell Berry is acclaimed for his ideas regarding the values inherent in an agricultural society. Place, community, good work, and simple pleasures are but a few of the values that form the bedrock of Berry's thought. While the notion of reveren...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2009.
|
Colección: | Culture of the land.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Farmer, poet, essayist, and environmental writer Wendell Berry is acclaimed for his ideas regarding the values inherent in an agricultural society. Place, community, good work, and simple pleasures are but a few of the values that form the bedrock of Berry's thought. While the notion of reverence is central to Berry, he is not widely known as a religious writer. However, the moral underpinnings of his work are rooted in Christian tradition, articulating the tenet that faith and stewardship of the land are not mutually exclusive. In Wendell Berry and Religion, editors Joel J. Shuman and L. Rog. |
---|---|
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 266 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780813173498 0813173493 9780813139289 0813139287 1282937472 9781282937475 9786612937477 6612937475 |