Nature, spirit, and landscape management
Date
1996
Authors
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
Venture Publishing, publisher
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Abstract
What impressed the ancients is still impressive after biological science the rising up of life from the ground. Life has persistently seemed sacred, something mysterious, an animation otherwise as yet unknown in the universe. One of the values of landscapes is provided by spiritual responses to nature. One of the constitutional freedoms in the United States is religious freedom, but one cannot be free to practice his or her religion if one of the sources of its inspiration is unavailable. Religious persons bring a perspective of depth on wildland conservation, and if landscape managers do not find that such perspective of depth fits their usual categories of landscape management, then their perspectives need to be deepened, else they will miss important values on landscapes.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (page 24).
Anthology published by a U.S. Forest Service task force.
Anthology published by a U.S. Forest Service task force.
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Subject
nature
religious values
spirit
evolutionary biology
life
landscape management
freedom of religion