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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kerry Mitchell |
ISBN: | 9781479865260 1479865265 1479886416 9781479886418 9781479873012 1479873012 |
OCLC Number: | 946724540 |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | Establishing national parks: from ideal to institution -- The John Muir Trail: the properties of wilderness -- Yosemite National Park: the spirit of complexity -- Muir Woods: the living cathedral -- Theorizing religious individualism. |
Series Title: | North American religions. |
Responsibility: | Kerry Mitchell. |
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"Mitchell seeks to unmask this politics of spirituality so that park users can engage in critical reflection and assume the responsibilities of informed citizenship... Citizens with an interest in public lands management should read this book. In the academic realm, it will be of interest to upper-level students and scholars in religion and ecology, the environmental humanities, and recreation management." -- Reading Religion "Impressively harnessing both historical and ethnographic data, Kerry Mitchell provides a fresh take on the politics of religion-making in America. He offers a counter-narrative to scholarly celebrations of spirituality that is respectful of his subjects and acknowledges the fact that very few of us, if any, have a clear understanding of why we do what we do. Mitchell denaturalizes the concept of spirituality, showing, however, that this mode of piety is not simply made-up. On the contrary, it accomplishes an incredible amount of work in places like the John Muir Trail or Joshua Tree National Park by naturalizing the nation state and socializing the interior states of individuals. This book also generates new insight into what might be called negative aestheticsthat is, how concealment can be revelatory and how the vagueness of nature serves to connect a range of individuals by way of a shared humanity that is rather specifically defined. A must read for anyone interested in American religion in these times of late but ever pressing capitalism." -- John Modern,Franklin & Marshall College "You will never look at National Parks or spirituality the same way again! Kerry Mitchells insightful analysis of the relationship between state-organized nature and individual spiritual experience contributes to our understanding of the entanglements of the secular and the religious. With careful attention to the revelations and concealments of power in the productions of the National Park Service, Mitchell demonstrates how the conceptions and practices of a loosely-defined nature-based spirituality are tied to a pervasive secular ethos that underlies modern American subjectivity and state power." -- Richard J. Callahan, Jr.,University of Missouri "This is a fascinating perspective, especially during the centennial of the NPS." * Choice Connect * Read more...


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