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Backpacking with the Saints : Wilderness Hiking As Spiritual Practice.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (287 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780199927821
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Backpacking with the SaintsDDC classification:
  • 204/.46
LOC classification:
  • BL65.N35 -- .L364 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Permissions -- Prologue -- PART ONE: The Power of Wilderness and the Reading of Dangerous Texts -- 1. The Allure of the Wild: Backpacking as Spiritual Practice -- 2. The Risk-Taking Character of Wilderness Reading -- PART TWO: The Pattern of Wilderness Spirituality -- First Leg: Departure (Leaving the Trailhead) -- 3. Venturing Out: The Irish Wilderness and Columba of Iona -- 4. Disillusionment: Laramie Peak and Thérèse of Lisieux -- 5. Desire: Rockpile Mountain Wilderness and Thomas Traherne -- Second Leg: Discipline (The Practice of the Wild) -- 6. Solitude: Bell Mountain Wilderness and Søren Kierkegaard -- 7. Traveling Light: Gunstock Hollow and Dag Hammarskjöld -- 8. Mindfulness: Moonshine Hollow and Thich Nhat Hanh -- Third Leg: Descent (When the Trail Gets Rough) -- 9. Fear: The Maze in Canyonlands and John of the Cross -- 10. Failure: Mt. Whitney and Martin Luther -- 11. Dying: Mudlick Mountain Trail and The Cloud of Unknowing -- Fourth Leg: Delight (Returning Home With Gifts) -- 12. Discernment: Taum Sauk Mountain and Jelaluddin Rumi -- 13. Community: Lower Rock Creek and Teilhard de Chardin -- 14. Justice: The Meramec River at Times Beach and Mohandas Gandhi -- 15. Holy Folly: Aravaipa Canyon and Thomas Merton -- Fifth Leg: Reprise -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Meanings of Wilderness -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Backpacking with the Saints is a captivating account of solo wilderness backpacking as spiritual practice. On his solitary hikes, Belden Lane has as companions the great spiritual texts of the world's religions. The wilderness, he argues, offers an enlightening approach to the texts, presenting the opportunity to explore the interior landscape and the spiritual realm of nature. The book thoughtfully examines the place of nature in the spiritual life and the dynamics of reading in the wild.
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Cover -- Contents -- Permissions -- Prologue -- PART ONE: The Power of Wilderness and the Reading of Dangerous Texts -- 1. The Allure of the Wild: Backpacking as Spiritual Practice -- 2. The Risk-Taking Character of Wilderness Reading -- PART TWO: The Pattern of Wilderness Spirituality -- First Leg: Departure (Leaving the Trailhead) -- 3. Venturing Out: The Irish Wilderness and Columba of Iona -- 4. Disillusionment: Laramie Peak and Thérèse of Lisieux -- 5. Desire: Rockpile Mountain Wilderness and Thomas Traherne -- Second Leg: Discipline (The Practice of the Wild) -- 6. Solitude: Bell Mountain Wilderness and Søren Kierkegaard -- 7. Traveling Light: Gunstock Hollow and Dag Hammarskjöld -- 8. Mindfulness: Moonshine Hollow and Thich Nhat Hanh -- Third Leg: Descent (When the Trail Gets Rough) -- 9. Fear: The Maze in Canyonlands and John of the Cross -- 10. Failure: Mt. Whitney and Martin Luther -- 11. Dying: Mudlick Mountain Trail and The Cloud of Unknowing -- Fourth Leg: Delight (Returning Home With Gifts) -- 12. Discernment: Taum Sauk Mountain and Jelaluddin Rumi -- 13. Community: Lower Rock Creek and Teilhard de Chardin -- 14. Justice: The Meramec River at Times Beach and Mohandas Gandhi -- 15. Holy Folly: Aravaipa Canyon and Thomas Merton -- Fifth Leg: Reprise -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Meanings of Wilderness -- Notes -- Index.

Backpacking with the Saints is a captivating account of solo wilderness backpacking as spiritual practice. On his solitary hikes, Belden Lane has as companions the great spiritual texts of the world's religions. The wilderness, he argues, offers an enlightening approach to the texts, presenting the opportunity to explore the interior landscape and the spiritual realm of nature. The book thoughtfully examines the place of nature in the spiritual life and the dynamics of reading in the wild.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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