Thoreau's Religion

Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-108-83510-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 531 g

Reihe: New Cambridge Studies in Religion and Critical Thought

Thoreau's Religion presents a ground-breaking interpretation of Henry David Thoreau's most famous book, Walden. Rather than treating Walden Woods as a lonely wilderness, Balthrop-Lewis demonstrates that Thoreau's ascetic life was a form of religious practice dedicated to cultivating a just, multispecies community. The book makes an important contribution to scholarship in religious studies, political theory, English, environmental studies, and critical theory by offering the first sustained reading of Thoreau's religiously motivated politics. In Balthrop-Lewis's vision, practices of renunciation like Thoreau's can contribute to the reformation of social and political life. In this, the book transforms Thoreau's image, making him a vital source for a world beset by inequality and climate change. Balthrop-Lewis argues for an environmental politics in which ecological flourishing is impossible without economic and social justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Balthrop-Lewis, Alda

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Denkansätze und Ideologie der Umweltschützer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Why Thoreau Would Love Environmental Justice; 1. Thoreau's Social World; 2. The Politics of Getting a Living; 3. Thoreau's Theological Critique of Philanthropy; 4. Political Asceticism; 5. Delight in True Goods; Conclusion. The Promise of a Delighted Environmental Ethics; Epilogue. On Mourning.

Über Autor(innen)

Balthrop-Lewis, Alda
Alda Balthrop-Lewis is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. She holds a PhD in Religion from Princeton University and has taught Religious Studies at Brown University. Her research, which focuses on religious ethics and the circulation of ideas among theological, artistic, and popular idioms, has appeared in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion and the Journal of Religious Ethics.