Stoll, Mark Additional Author mixed material bibliography Albuquerque University of New Mexico Press 1997 monographic en English

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Environmentalists have often blamed Protestantism for justifying the human exploitation of nature, but the author of this cultural history argues that, in America, hard-boiled industrialists and passionate environmentalists sprang from the same Protestant root. Protestant Christianity—Calvinism especially—both helped industrialists like James J. Hill rationalize their utilization of nature for economic profit and led environmental advocates like John Muir to call for the preservation of unspoiled wilderness. Biographical vignettes examine American thinkers, industrialists, and environmentalists—Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Smith, William Gilpin, Leland Stanford, Gifford Pinchot, Aldo Leopold, and others—whose lives show the development of ideas and attitudes that have profoundly shaped Americans' use of and respect for nature. 261.83620970826317804 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 261.83620973 Sto p E08002361 Non Fiction 261.83620973 Sto p Protestantism%2C_Capitalism_and_Nature_in_America.jpg 64594 2014-12-17 10:19:06 2026-03-06 17:51:26 machine generated