Outside Reading

On Oxford University’s website they had the book Making Nature Sacred by Gatta featured. There were reviews on the book by other professors. All the reviews on Gatta’s book were good and they enjoyed reading the book. A few examples are, "This is a subtle, learned, and complex book that makes important contributions to ecocriticism and to the ongoing discussion of the persistence of responses to the natural world that it makes sense to characterize as religious." --Christianity and Literature and "Required reading for anyone interested not only in ecocriticism but also in an interdisciplinary approach to Christian nature spirituality."--Laurie J. Braaten, Professor of Biblical Studies, Judson College. Both of the reviews are good and give Gatta praise for his work. I thought the book was intellectual and I taught me a lot about nature being a sacred place. I enjoyed reading it and I do believe it is a good choice of reading for this class.