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City of the Good: Nature, Religion, and the Ancient Search for What Is Right
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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City of the Good: Nature, Religion, and the Ancient Search for What Is Right
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Michael Mayerfield Bell
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:360 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | Philosophy of the mind
Ethics and moral philosophy
Philosophy of religion
Religious life and practice |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691202914
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| Classifications | Dewey:201.77 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
28 April 2020 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
How we came to seek absolute good in religion and nature-and why that quest often leads us astray People have long looked to nature and the divine as paths to the good. In this panoramic meditation on the harmonious life, Michael Mayerfeld Bell traces how these two paths came to be seen as separate from human ways, and how many of today's confli
Author Biography
Michael Mayerfeld Bell is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is also a faculty associate in religious studies, environmental studies, and agroecology. His many books include the award-winning Childerley: Nature and Morality in a Country Village and, Farming for Us All: Practical Agriculture and the Cultivation of Sustainability.
Reviews"[City of the Good] proffers much information, insight, and wisdom." * Choice *
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