The nature of church camp: an environmental history of outdoor ministry, 1945-1980
"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"--
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Lanham
Lexington Books
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Series/Journal: | Religion in American history
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Protestantism
/ Tent camp
/ Ecological movement
/ History 1945-1980
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBQ North America KDD Protestant Church NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Environmental Management
Philosophy
B Church conference centers (United States) History B Church camps (United States) History B Thesis B Environmentalism Religious aspects Protestant churches |
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| 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"-- |
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| Item Description: | 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 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 |
| Physical Description: | ix, 233 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-1-6669-1564-8 |
