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Missionizing and Transforming the Land: Alexander Merensky in Botshabelo
With the foundation of the mission village Botshabelo, new plant and animal species settle in this region, whose landscape is heavily altered.
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In Praise of Weeds: Sympoiesis at St. James’s Piccadilly
“Aftermath: Weeds and Wilding” is a collaborative eco-religious project seeking seeds of resilience and regeneration in the midst of disaster.
Multimedia | book excerpt
Old English Ecotheology: The Exeter Book
Old English Ecotheology by Courtney Barajas is a part of the series “Environmental Humanities in Pre-Modern Cultures,” published by Amsterdam University Press.
Multimedia | book excerpt
Encountering Water in Early Modern Europe and Beyond: Redefining the Universe through Natural Philosophy, Religious Reformations, and Sea Voyaging
Encountering Water in Early Modern Europe and Beyond by Lindsay Starkey is a part of the series “Environmental Humanities in Pre-Modern Cultures,” published by Amsterdam University Press.
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Multispecies Walden Woods: Reevaluating Thoreau’s Religion
What happens when we look at Walden Woods of 1845 through a multispecies lens?
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Making Rain under the Mallas
Nepalese manuscripts on rainmaking rituals offer data on droughts in historical climate reconstructions.
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Golden Grains: Environmental Implications of Mennonite Migration to Kansas in the Late Nineteenth Century
The Mennonite migrations from Ukraine to Kansas in 1874 transformed traditional tallgrass prairie for grain production.
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“The Ghost Dance Movement”
Louis Warren on “The Ghost Dance Movement.”
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Poles of Exploration and Exploitation: Olaudah Equiano in the Arctic
This essay proposes that Olaudah Equiano’s account of a 1773 Arctic voyage doubles as a critique of exploration and exploitation.
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Mount Sacred: A Brief Global History of Holy Mountains since 1500
A monograph on the history of sacred mountains on a global scale since 1500.