Loving God's wildness : the Christian roots of ecological ethics in American literature - Bilbro, Jeffrey (Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2015)
Rediscovering the roots : learning to be priests in God's wild temple -- "Watching for the glory of God" : Thoreau's adaptations of Puritan history and natural philosophy -- Preserving "God's wildness" for redemptive baptism : Muir and Disciples of Christ theology -- "Lost and saved in a garden" : Cather's Marian restoration of ecological community -- "The way of love" : Berry's vision of work in the kingdom of God -- Conclusion : Untangling the roots.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index.
Keywords: American literature -- History and criticism; Ecology in literature; Christian ethics in literature; Environmental protection in literature; Ecocriticism -- United States