Worship and wilderness
Subtitle: culture, religion, and law in the management of public lands and resources
By: Lloyd Burton.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Nature -- Religious aspects; Public lands -- Management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Culture and spirituality; title: Full circle : return to the source; title: Contemplation and connection : indigenous spirituality and the environment; title: Nautre as haven, nature as Hades : the role of wilderness in immigrant religions; title: Law; title: Culture and justice : nature and the rule of law in the "New World"; title: Of walls and windows : church-state separation and religious accommodation; title: Management of public lands and resources; title: Rising to Heaven or risen from Hell?  Culture, conflict, and consensus at Devil's Tower National Monument; title: Other spaces, other cases : worship and multiple-use management of public lands; title: Birthing the woolly cow : the contested legal reconstruction of the American bison; title: Conservation and cultural renewal : hunting, gathering, and cleansing the waters; title: Pacific Rim variations : between East and West; title: Charting a common course; title: Coming home : Euro-Americans and contemplative rediscovery of the "New Wolrd"; title: The National commons as sacred space : making peace in the field and defending it in court.