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Wings of the Gods: Birds in the World's Religions

Wings of the Gods: Birds in the World's Religions


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Birds have a larger place in religions than any other non-human animal, from their role as messenger between humans and gods among the ancient Mayans, to the Christian Holy Spirit taking flesh as a dove. More than symbols, birds gained divine status by guiding humans to water and food, replanting forests after ice ages and fires, and living with humans as they settled into farming and urban life. With the natural world facing multiple crises--climate change, epidemics of disease, pollution, famine--Peter (Petra) Gardella and Laurence Krute argue that humanity needs a new religion, a religion of nature in which birds and other animals are treated as equal inhabitants and citizens of Earth, to save the beauty and wonder that has inspired belief in God.Wings of the Gods surveys the many roles that birds have played in the development of religions, from legends, rituals, costumes, wars, and spiritual disciplines to the current ecological crisis. It also explores the relations between birds and humans from an evolutionary perspective, starting with the roles of birds in creating the human world. Gardella and Krute, both scholars and birdwatchers, transcend a narrow focus on humanity to instead explore the agency of birds in world history.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Birds and Religions Chapter 1: Birds in Creation, Evolution, and Creation Stories Chapter 2: Birds and Humans in Each Other's Rituals (and Costumes) Chapter 3: Bird Heroes and Villains Chapter 4: Bird Spirit Guides Chapter 5: Extinctions and Apocalyptic Birds Chapter 6: Birds in Romantic Arts, Sciences, and Religions Chapter 7: Birds Leading Humans to Another World Epilogue: How the Cover of this Book, the Artist Who Painted it, and the Albatross He Painted Embody a Religion of Nature Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Peter (Petra) Gardella is a retired Professor whose research focuses on Religious Studies. They most recently taught at Manhattanville College from 1983 to 2022. They are the author of five books, including Innocent Ecstasy: How Christianity Gave America an Ethic of Sexual Pleasure and American Civil Religion: What Americans Hold Sacred. Laurence Krute is an independent scholar trained in Linguistics and Anthropology. He has conducted fieldwork with Piaroa, an indigenous language and society of the Venezuelan Amazon, administered a School of Education, and taught a wide range of courses in Education, Anthropology and Linguistics, including courses on Native American religion.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780197691878
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 226 mm
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 296
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 53 mm
  • Sub Title: Birds in the World's Religions
  • Weight: 602 gr
  • Width: 168 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0197691870
  • Publisher Date: 19 Jun 2024
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Height: 226 mm
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 296
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 53 mm
  • Weight: 602 gr
  • Width: 168 mm


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