Book ID: CBB000201585

God's Wilds: John Muir's Vision of Nature (2002)

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Williams, Dennis C. (Author)


Texas A&M University Press


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: xiv + 246 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English

Description “Suggests that Muir's ambition to save nature from development emerged out of his commitment to nineteenth-century evangelical Christian theology.” (from publisher's web page)


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Review Holmes, Steven Pavlos (2005) Review of "God's Wilds: John Muir's Vision of Nature". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 456). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Miller, Sally M.
Heather H. Vacek
Santoro, Lily A.
White, Christopher G.
Ross-Bryant, Lynn
Reid-Maroney, Nina
Concepts
Science and religion
Christianity
Conservation of natural resources
Environmentalism
Evolution
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
Enlightenment
21st century
20th century, early
Places
United States
California (U.S.)
Americas
Scotland
South America
Japan
Institutions
Yosemite National Park
United States. National Park Service
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