Julia Butterfly: Environmentalist as Stylite and Ascetic

This paper examines the writings of a prominent contemporary environmental activist, Julia Butterfly Hill, in light of the resonance between her own account of her two year tree-sit atop a California redwood and motifs from the history of religions. Environmentalism is often derided as a new religio...

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Main Author: Salmond, Noel A. 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2006
In: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2006, Volume: 11.4, Pages: 465-480
Further subjects:B religion and environment
B eco-piety
B Asceticism
B Julia Butterfly Hill
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