Patrick Gordon-Wendell Berry's view on organized Religion

Wendell Berry complains that the organized church typically makes peace with a destructive economy and divorces itself from economic issues because it is economically compelled to do so. The church is too closely tied with militarism and exploitative industry. If they began to actively try and conserve the environment, they would step on a lot of powerful people’s toes. He deepens the need for a commitment through the study of the Bible. He argues that if it is read deeply and sympathetically, gives powerful support for respecting the sanctity of creation. Through this interpretation, he states that God’s spirit is in our wilderness. Furthermore, he calls us to celebrate our relationship with the Earth as a sacrament. He states that “to approach the Earth as a sacrament is to embrace its materiality while reverencing its worth beyond the horizon of visible use”. He praises that, although some land might not bear fruit in the beginning, it all has an inherent worth that can eventually be brought forth; and even though we cannot totally live in harmony with all creation, if we kill respectfully and only for our direct benefit it too is a sacrament.