Research Catalog

Title

Wendell Berry and the cultivation of life : a reader's guide / J. Matthew Bonzo, Michael R. Stevens.

Author

Bonzo, J. Matthew, 1963-

Publication

Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, c2008.

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Additional Authors

Stevens, Michael Roger.

Description

206 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Over the past fifty years Wendell Berry has given witness to a vision of life together that is proving to be indispensable and prophetic. Bonzo and Stevens have gleaned a rich harvest from this vision, showing that Berry's voice is one today's church cannot ignore. This book is an excellent introduction and guide for those seeking a better, healthier, saner world. -- from back cover.

Subject

• Berry, Wendell, 1934- > Criticism and interpretation
• Christian literature, American > History and criticism
• Production (Economic theory) in literature
• Work in literature
• Sustainable development
• Communities in literature
• Place (Philosophy) in literature

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 11-14) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A necessary voice -- Wendell Berry's creational vision -- The mad farmer as social critic -- Human responsibility and the enduring goodness of creation -- The cultivation of community from the ground up -- Bodies, households, communities: health within finitude -- Healing individualism/healing globalism? -- An invitation to hospitality: a place at the table -- Bounded hope in the household and house of God -- Sustainable learning communities.

ISBN

9781587431951 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2008020682

OCLC

228427251

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library