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Christianity, Wilderness, and Wildlife : the Original Desert Solitaire by Susan Power Bratton is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Unlike The Many Volumes That Assume Christianity Has Been Indifferent Or Detrimental To The Environment, Christianity, Wilderness, And Wildlife Reviews The Long History Of Christian Wilderness Spirituality And Beneficial Christian Interactions With Wild Nature. Beginning With The Relevant Genesis Texts, The Volume Documents The Importance Of Wilderness As A Location For Spiritual Events, Including Theophanies, And Suggests That Wilderness Has Traditionally Been The. Landscape Where The Divine May Be Most Clearly Discerned And Directly Encountered. Comparing Several Different Old Testament Models Of Wilderness Experience, The First Chapters Investigate Such Diverse Incidents As Hagar's Meeting With The Angel At The Desert Spring, Moses And The Elders Of Israel Viewing God Through The Sapphire Floor, Jonathan And His Armor Bearer Climbing The Rocks To Rout The Philistine Garrison, And Elijah Fleeing To A Cave At Horeb. Wilderness. Encounters With The Divine Are Associated With Visionary Experience, Extraordinary Providence And Mercy, Personal Stress, Spiritual Transition, Divine Calling And The Development Of Leadership Qualities, Freedom From Antagonistic Or Ungodly Cultural Forces,

Author

Susan Power Bratton

Publisher

Scranton, Pa.: University of Scranton Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780940866140

Subjects

Religion, Christian, History

Updated

2026-03-24