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Dark Green Religion: Nature Spirituality and the Planetary Future
by
Bron Taylor
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,"...more
Paperback, 360 pages
Published
November 3rd 2009
by University of California Press
(first published October 4th 2009)
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Am not so sure that he makes a convincing case for biophilia as religion and most definitely he does not justify the "darkness" in his nomenclature but his historical survey of the development of environmentalism from the perspective of its spiritual dimensions is a great review of developments. And I applaud his effort at constructing an essay on the spirituality of surfing. Again, I did not get the sense that it is definitive but this chapter alone should make the book useful in coastal academ...more
I will have to read this comprehensive and scholarly book again. It has caused me to contemplate some complex paradoxes regarding certain sports I love and their affect on the environment. The ecological impact and carbon footprint left by so many of my beloved sports is immense and disturbing. Bron Taylor examines the evolution of Green Religion in America along with our spiritual connection to nature as sacred and fundamental to our collective evolution. We all love the outdoors and joy of exp...more
Here's a rarity — an academic book that is also a page-turner, at least for me. I couldn't put it down. This is a broad survey of an emergent global phenomenon which might be called earth worship or nature spirituality or "dark green religion." Bron Taylor defines religion broadly and looks a range of cultures and subcultures, from radical environmentalism to surfing to Disney films and many more. I was a bit disappointed that contemporary Paganism got such scant coverage — only about two and a...more
Something of a consensus has been developing world-wide that the natural world has vast intrinsic value that can best described by saying it is sacred, and many people, when they encounter the natural world in the raw, have powerful feelings that can described as ‘rellgous’ in a broad sense. Taylor’s work is a survey of the diverse forms in which these feeling of awe or reverence have begun to manifest themselves in the contemporary world, from the scientific community to, neopagans, ecofeminist...more
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Well, I'm biased, of course, but don't take my word for it being worth the read, see the supplemental materials, including all the published reviews (including about my other books), at my website: brontaylor.com
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