{"id":2218,"date":"2023-08-23T20:05:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T20:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2218"},"modified":"2023-08-23T20:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T20:05:27","slug":"alda-balthrop-lewis-thoreaus-religion","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/alda-balthrop-lewis-thoreaus-religion\/","title":{"rendered":"Alda Balthrop-Lewis &#8211; Thoreau\u2019s Religion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alda Balthrop-Lewis, Research Fellow in Religion and Theology at Australian Catholic University, joined the Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talk series to discuss her book&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/thoreaus-religion\/F3EE962BE32E911D768AD4FC50DE7793\">Thoreau\u2019s Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;(Cambridge University Press, 2021) on Monday, 1 March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thoreau\u2019s Religion presents a ground-breaking interpretation of Henry David Thoreau\u2019s most famous book, Walden. Rather than treating Walden Woods as a lonely wilderness, Balthrop-Lewis demonstrates that Thoreau\u2019s ascetic life was a form of religious practice dedicated to cultivating a just, multispecies community. The book makes an important contribution to scholarship in religious studies, political theory, English, environmental studies, and critical theory by offering the first sustained reading of Thoreau\u2019s religiously motivated politics. In Balthrop-Lewis\u2019s vision, practices of renunciation like Thoreau\u2019s can contribute to the reformation of social and political life. In this, the book transforms Thoreau\u2019s image, making him a vital source for a world beset by inequality and climate change. Balthrop-Lewis argues for an environmental politics in which ecological flourishing is impossible without economic and social justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alda Balthrop-Lewis, Research Fellow in Religion and Theology at Australian Catholic University, joined the Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talk series to discuss her book&nbsp;Thoreau\u2019s Religion: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2021-03-01-Balthrop-Lewis.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2021-03-01-Balthrop-Lewis_pod.jpg","cover_image_id":"2220","duration":"53:17","filesize":"39.85M","filesize_raw":"41784346","date_recorded":"2021-03-01","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":""},"tags":[],"series":[16],"class_list":["post-2218","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","hentry","series-greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2021-03-01-Balthrop-Lewis_pod.jpg","download_link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-download\/2218\/alda-balthrop-lewis-thoreaus-religion","player_link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/2218\/alda-balthrop-lewis-thoreaus-religion","audio_player":"<a class=\"wp-embedded-audio\" href=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/2218\/alda-balthrop-lewis-thoreaus-religion\">https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/2218\/alda-balthrop-lewis-thoreaus-religion<\/a>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks\/id1664960759","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/feed\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks\/","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0TNTSCl3zRBues4Eqjkwwm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/feed\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"y5Z9uKKA3P\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/alda-balthrop-lewis-thoreaus-religion\/\">Alda Balthrop-Lewis &#8211; Thoreau\u2019s Religion<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/alda-balthrop-lewis-thoreaus-religion\/embed\/#?secret=y5Z9uKKA3P\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Alda Balthrop-Lewis &#8211; Thoreau\u2019s Religion&#8221; &#8212; The Greenhouse Book Talks\" data-secret=\"y5Z9uKKA3P\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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