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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- 1. Wilderness in Mythology and Religion 1
- 2. Greek Demons of the Wilderness: the case of the Centaurs 25
- 3. Wilderness and Hebrew Bible Religion – fertility, apostasy and religious transformation in the Pentateuch 55
- 4. “The mountain, a desert place”: Spatial categories and mythical landscapes in the Secret Book of John 95
- 5. “The truth is out there”: Primordial lore and ignorance in the wilderness of Athanasius’ Vita Antonii 113
- 6. Wilderness as a Necessary Feature in Hindu Religion 131
- 7. Notes on Qur’ānic Wilderness – and its absence 157
- 8. Wilderness, Liminality, and the Other in Old Norse Myth and Cosmology 183
- 9. Making a Garden out of the Wilderness: landscape, dwelling and personhood in the encounter between European settlers and the Mi’kmaq in “New France” 205
- 10. William Robertson Smith on the Wilderness 229
- 11. The Taiga Within. Topography and personhood in Northern Mongolia 241
- 12. Ritual is Etiquette in the Larger than Human World: the two wildernesses of contemporary Eco-Paganism 265
- 13. Wilderness, Spirituality and Biodiversity in North America – tracing an environmental history from Occidental roots to Earth Day 293
- Contributor biographies 325
- Index 329
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- 1. Wilderness in Mythology and Religion 1
- 2. Greek Demons of the Wilderness: the case of the Centaurs 25
- 3. Wilderness and Hebrew Bible Religion – fertility, apostasy and religious transformation in the Pentateuch 55
- 4. “The mountain, a desert place”: Spatial categories and mythical landscapes in the Secret Book of John 95
- 5. “The truth is out there”: Primordial lore and ignorance in the wilderness of Athanasius’ Vita Antonii 113
- 6. Wilderness as a Necessary Feature in Hindu Religion 131
- 7. Notes on Qur’ānic Wilderness – and its absence 157
- 8. Wilderness, Liminality, and the Other in Old Norse Myth and Cosmology 183
- 9. Making a Garden out of the Wilderness: landscape, dwelling and personhood in the encounter between European settlers and the Mi’kmaq in “New France” 205
- 10. William Robertson Smith on the Wilderness 229
- 11. The Taiga Within. Topography and personhood in Northern Mongolia 241
- 12. Ritual is Etiquette in the Larger than Human World: the two wildernesses of contemporary Eco-Paganism 265
- 13. Wilderness, Spirituality and Biodiversity in North America – tracing an environmental history from Occidental roots to Earth Day 293
- Contributor biographies 325
- Index 329
