This book looks at what art reveals about the environmental values of Christianity. As western Europe transitioned to Christianity, pagan religious aesthetics changed or were displaced. Focusing on Christian art and architecture from early third-century Rome to seventeenth-century Netherlands, Susan Power Bratton examines this transition. She explores the relationship between Christ and nature in emergent Christian art, the role nonhumans play in this art, and how Christian art represents the ownership and management of natural resources. The first section of the book discusses Christian...
This book looks at what art reveals about the environmental values of Christianity. As western Europe transitioned to Christianity, pagan religious ae...
The Appalachian Trail (AT) passes through fourteen states from Georgia to Maine. Each year 2-3 million people visit the trail, and almost two thousand attempt to walk the entire distance. For many, the journey transcends a mere walk in the woods and becomes a modern-day pilgrimage. In The Spirit of the Appalachian Trail, Susan Power Bratton addresses the spiritual dimensions of hiking the AT.
The Appalachian Trail (AT) passes through fourteen states from Georgia to Maine. Each year 2-3 million people visit the trail, and almost two thousand...
