A01=Bron Taylor
Author_Bron Taylor
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dark green religion
eco psychology
environmentalism
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globalization
green religion phenomenon
green religions
innovative
lifestyle focused bioregionalists
nature
new age
new religions
non traditional religions
north america
passion
planetary future
radical environmental activism
radical environmentalism
religion
religious revolution
religious studies
sacred
spiritual practices
spirituality
supernatural
surfers
terrapolitan earth religion
violence
Product details
- ISBN 9780520261006
- Weight: 499g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 03 Nov 2009
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In this innovative and deeply felt work, Bron Taylor examines the evolution of 'green religions' in North America and beyond: spiritual practices that hold nature as sacred and have in many cases replaced traditional religions. Tracing a wide range of groups-radical environmental activists, lifestyle-focused bioregionalists, surfers, new-agers involved in 'ecopsychology', and groups that hold scientific narratives as sacred - Taylor addresses a central theoretical question: How can environmentally oriented, spiritually motivated individuals and movements be understood as religious when many of them reject religious and supernatural worldviews? The 'dark' of the title further expands this idea by emphasizing the depth of believers' passion and also suggesting a potential shadow side: besides uplifting and inspiring, such religion might mislead, deceive, or in some cases precipitate violence. This book provides a fascinating global tour of the green religious phenomenon, enabling readers to evaluate its worldwide emergence and to assess its role in a critically important religious revolution.
Bron Taylor is Professor of Religion and Nature at the University of Florida. He is Editor-in-Chief of the multi-volume Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature and the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, and Editor of Ecological Resistance Movements: The Global Emergence of Radical and Popular Environmentalism.
