Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. 1. The Dutch Bread-Man 1
6. 2. The Crisis of Modern Marine Pollution 26
7. 3. The Purifying Sea in the Religious Imagination 37
8. 4. "The Sea Can Wash Away All Evils" 55
9. 5. "The Great Woman Down There" 79
10. 6. "O Ocean, I Ask You To Be Merciful" 97
11. 7· "Here End the Works of the Sea, the Works of Love" 114
12. Notes 135
13. Bibliography 167
14. Index 177