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Cascadia : the elusive Utopia : exploring the spirit of the Pacific Northwest / editor, Douglas Todd.

Todd, Douglas, 1953- (Added Author).

Summary:

This collection explores the unique spirituality and culture of Cascadia, which includes British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Envied around the world, Cascadia is famous for its mountains, evergreens, and livable cities. Less well known is that Cascadia is home to the least institutionally religious people on the continent. Despite this, Cascadia: The Elusive Utopia argues that most of the region's 14 million residents feel deeply "spiritual." Many gain their sense of the sacred from the spectacular and imposing land.--From cover.

Record details

ISBN: 1553800605
ISBN: 9781553800606
Physical Description: 326 p., [34] p. of plates : ill. (some col.). maps (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Vancouver, BC : Ronsdale Press, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / Douglas Todd -- The promise and limits of secular spirituality in Cascadia / Mark A. Shibley -- Mapping spirituality and values in the elusive utopia / Andrew Grenville -- Memory, novelty and possibility in this place / Patricia O'Connell Killen -- Cascadia once upon a time / Jean Barman -- Cascadian civil religion from a North American perspective / Mark Silk -- Secular utopias versus religious credos : one cascadia or more? / Philip Resnick -- Geography, spirituality and social change in Cascadia : a bioregional perspective / Mike Carr -- Sustainability and spirituality in Cascadia / Peter Drury -- Toward a new Cascadian civil religion of nature / Sallie McFague -- "The divine brushing against the natural" : Pacific Northwest magic realism / Paulo Lemos Horta -- Let the salmon be salmon : the international peace arch as symbol and challenge / Eleanor J. Stebner -- A geo-indigenous world view from the far west coast of Cascadia / Eli Bliss Enns -- Conjectures on workplace spirituality in Cascadia / Mark Wexler -- Nature-based spirituality in Cascadia : prospects and pitfalls / Gail Wells -- Cascadian contemplations.