When God Was a Bird : : Christianity, Animism, and the Re-Enchantment of the World / / Mark I. Wallace.
In a time of rapid climate change and species extinction, what role have the world's religions played in ameliorating-or causing-the crisis we now face? Religion in general, and Christianity in particular, appears to bear a disproportionate burden for creating humankind's exploitative atti...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Song of the Wood Thrush -- Chapter 2. The Delaware River Basin -- Chapter 3. Worshipping the Green God -- Chapter 4. "Come Suck Sequoia and Be Saved" -- Chapter 5. On the Wings of a Dove -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
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