[Parish] Thoreau Book

[Malcolm Young]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

A few of you may have heard that I just published a book called The  
Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau with Mercer University  
Press.  Fritz wanted me to tell you that when you make orders at  
Amazon that originate from the Christ Church website, the parish  
receives a small percentage of the sale.

If you are interested you can also ask local bookstores to order it  
for you.

Below you'll find Fritz's instructions on shopping at Amazon and then  
below that a brief description of the project.

Warmly,

Malcolm



Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Fritz Schneider" <Fritz at Peacham.com>
> Date: November 23, 2009 10:31:52 AM PST
> To: <Jim at Christ-Church.Los-Altos.ca.us>, <Malcolm at Christ-Church.Los- 
> Altos.ca.us>
> Subject: Shopping at the Christ Church Virtual Bookstore
>
> Have you considered sending out an e-mail on this topic?
>
>
> Did you know that you can buy a 9 foot lighted Christmas tree  
> through the Christ Church web site (or thousands of other products)  
> and have the Church earn a nice commission on the sale? You could  
> also buy the following interesting book:
>
> The Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau
> By Malcolm Clemens Young
> List Price:
> $35.00
> Price:
> $26.60 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25
>
> Here’s how to do it:
> ·         Open the Church web site at http://www.ccla.us
> ·         Click on “Amazon Shopping” in the left margin to open  
> the book store.
> ·         Click on the logo to shop for things not on the book  
> store page.
> ·         … or click on “Malcolm’s Book!”
>
> Note: This should not be interpreted as an endorsement of having  
> materialistic pursuits distract you from keeping a Holy Advent, but  
> preparing for Christ’s coming has traditionally involved a lot of  
> shopping, so you might as well let the Church benefit from it while  
> you’re at it.



The Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau, by Malcolm Clemens Young
Most people who care about nature cannot help but use religious  
language to describe their experience of it.  We can trace many of  
these conceptions of nature and holiness directly back to influential  
nineteenth century writers especially Henry David Thoreau  
(1817-1862).  In Walden he writes that “God himself culminates in  
the present moment,” and that in nature we encounter, “the workman  
whose work we are.”  But what were the sources of his religious  
convictions about the meaning of nature?



             As the most comprehensive study of Thoreau’s  
spirituality from a Christian perspective, The Spiritual Journal of  
Henry David Thoreau is the first book to seriously examine  
connections between Thoreau’s religious practices and those of his  
Protestant forebears.

This is the first study to compare his Journal with the spiritual  
journals of prominent Puritans, Anglicans, Methodists and Quakers.   
It is also one of the first books to treat spiritual journals as a  
distinct literary genre.

The Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau examines theological  
expectations of nature ranging from the American Puritan Jonathan  
Edwards to nineteenth century Romantic walkers and Thoreau’s fellow  
Transcendentalists.