This new belief then combined common sense with ideas from European thinkers. ... For romantics, the imagination, spontaneity, individual feelings, and nature were of greater value than reason, logic, planning, and cultivation. ... Transcendentalism influenced writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, who is responsible for the writing of NATURE and SELF-RELIANCE. ...
In light of this deeply felt and widespread concern that ever increasing environmental deterioration around the world threatens the very basis of human life, certainly the quality of life, one is forced to ask the churches - of all religious beliefs - "Where have you been on this issue?" ... In evaluation of different religious beliefs, it is easily apparent that the most religious beliefs are not only aware of the all the ecological concerns but are adamant in fighting to confront the impeding environmental crisis. Both Buddhism and Judaism attack the laxity with which most people approach t...
