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Loving and studying nature : celebrating the earth through history, culture and education / Malcolm Skilbeck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Skilbeck, Malcolm, author.
- Series:
- International explorations in outdoor and environmental education ; 2214-4226 v. 10.
- International explorations in outdoor and environmental education, 2214-4226 ; volume 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature study.
- Nature and civilization.
- Nature--Religious aspects.
- Nature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, [2021]
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Visions of nature
- Chapter 2. A ravaged land: The mining city of Broken Hill
- Chapter 3. Recovery
- Chapter 4. Bison and beyond: Artists encounter animals
- Chapter 5. To be religious
- Chapter 6. Christianity spreads from ancient roots
- Chapter 7. Souls: Pagan, Christian, Animal
- Chapter 8. Imagining nature in myths and creation stories
- Chapter 9. Hierarchical nature: Did God love all of his creatures equally?
- Chapter 10. Walafrid Strabo: Benedictine monk, Virgilian poet, mediaeval gardener
- Chapter 11. St Francis the Poverello: Little poor man of Assisi - and his followers
- Chapter 12. The Protestant Reformation, consumer capitalism and the Religious Society of Friends
- Chapter 13. The Reverend Gilbert White and the religion of nature
- Chapter 14. Pathways to the earthly paradise: The Mongul emperors
- Chapter 15. Voyagers, Explorers, Travellers and Collectors
- Chapter 16. Ways of Valuing and Appreciating Nature
- Chapter 17. Reaching an understanding and love of nature. .
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 12, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783030807511
- 3030807517
- Publisher Number:
- 99989679648
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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