The Gospel According to This Moment: The Spiritual Message of Henry David Thoreau

by Barry M. Andrews

Henry David Thoreau is best known as a writer, naturalist, and social critic, but he was also a schoolteacher, surveyor, and pencil-­maker. In The Gospel According to This Moment, Unitarian minister Barry M. Andrews reveals how an idiosyncratic and unconventional religious faith was central to Thoreau's many-­faceted life--­a dimension that has been largely unexamined.

Through close readings of his writings and a focus...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625347804
• ISBN13: 9781625347800
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"