Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future

by Bron Taylor

Book Overview

In this innovative and deeply felt work, Bron Taylor examines the evolution of "green religions" in North America and beyond: spiritual practices that hold nature as sacred and have in many cases replaced traditional religions. Tracing a wide range of groups--radical environmental activists, lifestyle-focused bioregionalists, surfers, new-agers involved in "ecopsychology," and groups that hold scientific narratives as sacred--Taylor addresses a central...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520261003
• ISBN13: 9780520261006
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.1"