Peter Scott, The University of Manchester, UK It was indeed difficult for me, while reading the book, to decide if Sigurd’s book is a book of theology, history, science, or art! But soon I came to realise that it is in itself a piece of art. This collection is a drenching gift and deserves to be read widely across the environmental humanities. Refusing the greying out of the weather, Bergmann’s analyses remind us that the weather is always colourfully intertwined with religious views and practices. In this bold collection of essays, Bergmann invites us with his customary insight, generosity, and erudition into the liveliness of the weather. Celia Deane-Drummond, Senior Research Fellow and Director of Laudato Si’ Research Institute, Campion Hall, University of Oxford Although we talk of the weather a great deal, we do not speak of the weather much in the study of religion. Rising to the surface like a deep subliminal current, Bergmann’s theology contributes a spiritual dimension that recrafts the multilayered narratives that it interrogates. By doing so, he not only challenges the habitual complacency of detachment in the West but also provokes new and innovative attitudes and practices in time and space. Weaving in reflections on a rich collection of different art works, the author takes us inside pictorial, poetic, and symbolic narratives on what it means to live in our weather. Taking inspiration from anthropologist Tim Ingold’s “weather worlds”, this fascinating book is a significant contribution to the environmental humanities that will be of interest to readers beyond the confines of theology and religious studies. Turner’s painting 3 Atmospheres agog: weather, culture, religion 4 Weathering the history of Christianity: justice, witchery, and moral thunder 5 In suspense: meteorology beneath the stars 6 Weather as commodity or gift? 7 Under the weather roof: shelter, faith, and architecture 8 Atmosphere and Anthropocene: critical considerations of a narrative and image in transit to the Ecocene Index Citation preview Table of contents : Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents List of figures Foreword Acknowledgements 1 Being alive in weather lands: preliminary remarks 2 Inventing weather: conveying the mysteries of alteration in J.M.W.
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