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'This book is undoubtedly the best treatment of Thoreau in this generation. Alda Balthrop-Lewis is a profound philosopher-poet who captures the subtle and sublime genius of the great philosopher-poet like no other. And in these bleak times of ecological catastrophe we need them both!' Cornel West, Harvard University 'This beautifully written volume offers a wonderful depiction of Thoreau as a person and a thinker for this time and place; really, everyone who's interested in his story, and in the American story, should read it and reflect on it.' Bill McKibben, Middlebury College 'With extraordinary patience and clarity, Balthrop-Lewis guides well-meaning readers in appreciating Thoreau's aesthetics and ethics, his ways of writing and his ways of living, as he himself understood them.' Caleb Smith, Public Books '... the book is remarkably positive ... I especially encourage young scholars to read this book as a goldmine of cutting-edge scholarly literatures and potential research topics. Space limits what I can share; go read this book!' David M. Craig, Political Theology

'This book is undoubtedly the best treatment of Thoreau in this generation. Alda Balthrop-Lewis is a profound philosopher-poet who captures the subtle and sublime genius of the great philosopher-poet like no other. And in these bleak times of ecological catastrophe we need them both!' Cornel West, Harvard University 'This beautifully written volume offers a wonderful depiction of Thoreau as a person and a thinker for this time and place; really, everyone who's interested in his story, and in the American story, should read it and reflect on it.' Bill McKibben, Middlebury College

'This book is undoubtedly the best treatment of Thoreau in this generation. Alda Balthrop-Lewis is a profound philosopher-poet who captures the subtle and sublime genius of the great philosopher-poet like no other. And in these bleak times of ecological catastrophe we need them both!' Cornel West, Harvard University 'This beautifully written volume offers a wonderful depiction of Thoreau as a person and a thinker for this time and place; really, everyone who's interested in his story, and in the American story, should read it and reflect on it.' Bill McKibben, Middlebury College 'With extraordinary patience and clarity, Balthrop-Lewis guides well-meaning readers in appreciating Thoreau's aesthetics and ethics, his ways of writing and his ways of living, as he himself understood them.' Caleb Smith, Public Books '... the book is remarkably positive ... I especially encourage young scholars to read this book as a goldmine of cutting-edge scholarly literatures and potential research topics. Space limits what I can share; go read this book!' David M. Craig, Political Theology 'Balthrop-Lewis has done exceptional work as a scholar with this successful articulation of Walden's religious meanings, offering up insights that provide useful and genuine challenges to all of us 'readers' who seek to operate within what is called environmental or ecological ethics.' Kent 'Kip' Curtis, The Review of Politics '... this book makes complex philosophical ideas accessible to readers interested in Thoreau and social justice.' Scottish Journal of Theology '... this book makes complex philosophical ideas accessible to readers interested in Thoreau and social justice.' Susan L. Roberson, Scottish Journal of Theology

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Alda Balthrop-Lewis is a Research Fellow in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. She holds a PhD in Religion from Princeton University and has taught Religious Studies at Brown University. Her research, which focuses on religious ethics and the circulation of ideas among theological, artistic, and popular idioms, has appeared in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion and the Journal of Religious Ethics.

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