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work_zobgx6bdxbfdpms5bbfvcgu2xq	J.W. Pritchett	Devoted to Nature: The Religious Roots of American Environmentalism by Evan Berry	2016	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1645	91	37	Devoted to Nature: The Religious Roots of American Environmentalism by Evan Berry (review) maps environmentalism's development onto a Christian spiritual and soteriological landscape, the theological content of progressive era spirituality is presented as Berry's first chapter maps the theological development of recreation as a soteriological practice via the development of romanticism, nominalism, and Muscular In his narration, Romanticism names sin as the alienation of civilization from nature, nominalism created a world in which nature could be as theologically instructive as scripture, and Muscular Christianity cultivated an understanding of Christian spiritual practice devoted to masculine vitality, sport, and embodied virtue. In his third chapter, Berry, details the dependence of outdoor recreation's popularity on religious nature writing, arguing that rather than being a radical departure from a medieval view of forests and mountains as terrifying, the progressive to establish a practice of travel to sites of natural spiritual significance and personal Theology, and environmental concern Berry's book is an essential read.	./cache/work_zobgx6bdxbfdpms5bbfvcgu2xq.pdf	./txt/work_zobgx6bdxbfdpms5bbfvcgu2xq.txt