“He Hath Builded the Mountains”
While the writer and naturalist John Muir may have disposed of his father’s Christocentric theology, he nevertheless firmly retained his faith in a loving Providence. For Muir, this divine love was best expressed in the power of glaciers to carve stunningly beautiful mountain landscapes, such as tho...
| Published in: | Christianity & literature |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2016]
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Christianity & literature
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CF Christianity and Science KBQ North America NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics TJ Modern history |
| Further subjects: | B
glaciers
B God Love B MUIR, John, 1838-1914 B Louis Agassiz B Percy Bysshe Shelley B John Ruskin B NATURE study B John Muir B Yosemite B Christianity B PROVIDENCE & government of God B Naturalists |
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| Summary: | While the writer and naturalist John Muir may have disposed of his father’s Christocentric theology, he nevertheless firmly retained his faith in a loving Providence. For Muir, this divine love was best expressed in the power of glaciers to carve stunningly beautiful mountain landscapes, such as those in the Sierra Nevada, into their “predestined” forms. Muir was not only in the minority among 19th-century naturalists in his conviction that glaciers were the major force to have shaped the Sierra; he was also in the minority among Romantic and Victorian writers in his belief that glaciers are uniquely divine instruments in the ongoing creation of the beautiful. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333115609280 |