The nature of church camp : an environmental history of outdoor ministry, 1945-1980 / Christopher W. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Christopher W., 1986- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Religion in American history

Standardized Title:

Church in the wildwood

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church camps--United States--History.

Church camps.

Church conference centers--United States--History.

Church conference centers.

Environmentalism--Religious aspects--Protestant churches.

Environmentalism.

Environmental management--Philosophy.

Environmental management.

Physical Description:

ix, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024]

Summary:

"This book explores the history of church camps and retreat centers to show how environmental stewardship became the dominant paradigm for Protestant environmentalism, why that is a flawed and fractious model, and why it has stalled"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Nature as campus : conference centers as institutions

Confronting conservationism and communism at camp

Nature as frontier : camping for democracy

Confronting American society at camp

Confronting ecology and environmentalism at camp

Nature as wilderness : retreat centers and the individual.

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Illinois at Chicago, 2021, under the title: The church in the wildwood : an environmental history of outdoor ministry, 1945-1980.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Anderson, Christopher W., 1986- Nature of church camp

ISBN:

9781666915648

1666915645

OCLC:

1409678748

Publisher Number:

99995848840