Inherit the holy mountain : religion and the rise of American environmentalism /

Stoll, Mark, 1954-

Inherit the holy mountain : religion and the rise of American environmentalism / Mark R. Stoll. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Calvinism and nature : American foundations -- Origins of conservation in the Puritan landscape -- Building the moral society : farms, forests, and parks -- Nature, parks, and emersonian modernism -- Progressive Presbyterian conservation -- Presbyterians and the environmental movement -- Nature and New England's outsiders -- A new era.



9780190230876


Nature--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Environmental protection--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Environmentalism--Religious aspects--History.--United States
Environmental protection--Public opinion--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

BR115 / .I544 2015