TY - BOOK AU - Bilbro,Jeffrey TI - Loving God's wildness: the Christian roots of ecological ethics in American literature SN - 9780817318574 AV - PS 169 .E25 B55 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Tuscaloosa PB - The University of Alabama Press KW - American literature KW - History and criticism KW - Ecology in literature KW - Christian ethics in literature KW - Environmental protection in literature KW - Ecocriticism KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-226) and index; 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 ER -