Christopher W. Anderson

The Nature of Church Camp

An Environmental History of Outdoor Ministry, 1945-1980

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Religion in American History
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 514g
• ISBN-13: 9781666915648
• ISBN-10: 1666915645
• Artikelnr.: 68887891

Autorenporträt

By Christopher W. Anderson

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Nature as Campus: Conference Centers as Institutions
Chapter 2: Confronting Conservationism and Communism at Camp
Chapter 3: Nature as Frontier: Camping for Democracy
Chapter 4: Confronting American Society at Camp
Chapter 5: Confronting Ecology and Environmentalism at Camp
Chapter 6: Nature as Wilderness: Retreat Centers and the Individual
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author