At Home in Nature Modern Homesteading and Spiritual Practice in America 1st Edition by Rebecca Kneale Gould 1423717317 9781423717317

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ISBN 10: 1423717317 

ISBN 13: 9781423717317

Author: Rebecca Kneale Gould

Motivated variously by the desire to reject consumerism, to live closer to the earth, to embrace voluntary simplicity, or to discover a more spiritual path, homesteaders have made the radical decision to go “back to the land,” rejecting modern culture and amenities to live self-sufficiently and in harmony with nature. Drawing from vivid firsthand accounts as well as from rich historical material, this gracefully written study of homesteading in America from the late nineteenth century to the present examines the lives and beliefs of those who have ascribed to the homesteading philosophy, placing their experiences within the broader context of the changing meanings of nature and religion in modern American culture.

Rebecca Kneale Gould investigates the lives of famous figures such as Henry David Thoreau, John Burroughs, Ralph Borsodi, Wendell Berry, and Helen and Scott Nearing, and she presents penetrating interviews with many contemporary homesteaders. She also considers homesteading as a form of dissent from consumer culture, as a departure from traditional religious life, and as a practice of environmental ethics.

Table of contents:

1. Conversion

2. Getting (Not Too) Close to Nature

3. Homemade Ritual

4. The Reenchantment of the Farm: John Burroughs Goes Back to the Land

5. Scott Nearing and the Social Gospel of Agriculture

6. Ambivalent Legacies I: The Dynamics of Engagement and Retreat

7. Ambivalent Legacies II: Gender, Class, Nature, and Religion

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