Thoreau''s Religion - Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism

Boldly reconfigures Walden for contemporary ethics and politics by recovering Thoreau's theological vision of environmental justice.

List of contents

Introduction. Why Thoreau Would Love Environmental Justice; 1. Thoreau's Social World; 2. The Politics of Getting a Living; 3. Thoreau's Theological Critique of Philanthropy; 4. Political Asceticism; 5. Delight in True Goods; Conclusion. The Promise of a Delighted Environmental Ethics; Epilogue. On Mourning.

About the author

Alda Balthrop-Lewis is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. She holds a PhD in Religion from Princeton University and has taught Religious Studies at Brown University. Her research, which focuses on religious ethics and the circulation of ideas among theological, artistic, and popular idioms, has appeared in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion and the Journal of Religious Ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Alda Balthrop-Lewis, Alda (Australian Catholic Universi Balthrop-Lewis, Alda (Australian Catholic University Balthrop-Lewis
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.08.2023
• EAN: 9781108799676
• ISBN: 978-1-108-79967-6
• No. of pages: 332
• Series: New Cambridge Studies in Relig; New Cambridge Studies in Religion and Critical Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Ethics, Social & cultural history, Religion & beliefs, Ethics & moral philosophy, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social and cultural history, Ethics and moral philosophy, Religion and beliefs, Environmentalist thought and ideology