Avatar and Natural Spirituality
The book explores the cultural and religious significance of James Cameron’s film Avatar (2010).
The book explores the cultural and religious significance of James Cameron’s film Avatar (2010).
In his work, Francaviglia proposes “to tell the story of how the Great Basin’s environment resonates in the spiritual lives of all its people”.
A study of homesteading in America from the late nineteenth century to the present.
Ferrieres, Madeleine. Sacred Cow, Mad Cow: A History of Food Fears. New York: Columbia University Press, 2006.
An examination of the relationship between African Americans and the environment in US history.
An anthology devoted to the United States’ earliest nature writing.
Sigurd Bergmann, Carson Fellow from December 2011 until February 2012, talks about his research concerning religious worldviews and the perception of the environment.
Based on ethnographic and archival data, this in-depth study of the Venetian island of Burano shows how its inhabitants develop their sense of a distinct identity.
The contributions to this volume explore and uncover contemporary scholarship’s debt to the classical and medieval past.