Places of Enchantment: Meeting God in Landscapes - Paperback

by Graham B. Usher (Author)

There is a great and honourable tradition of finding God in landscapes. Many who have given up on church appreciate the spiritual benefits they gain from climbing a mountain or walking in nature. But how and why do we encounter God in land, forest, river, mountain, desert, garden, sea and sky?

That is what Graham Usher explores in this captivating volume which takes us from the giant Redwoods of the Californian Sierra Nevada to the jagged New York skyline; from the wilds of the ancient Scottish Highlands to the rolling pastures of English Shropshire.

Drawing on material from biblical and church history traditions - as well as scientific research and contemporary art - he seeks to ascertain how such encounters support our Christian pilgrimage and challenge our assumptions.

Author Biography

Graham B. Usher =============== Canon Graham Usher is the Rector of Hexham in Northumberland. He has worked overseas as well as in a range of parishes, including a highly deprived ward in the centre of post-industrial Middlesbrough. Prior to ordination he was an ecologist and now serves as a Secretary of State appointee on the Northumberland National Park Authority and chairman of the northeast regional advisory committee of the Forestry Commission. Graham B. Usher =============== Graham Usher is the Bishop of Dudley. Prior to this post he was Rector and Lecturer of Hexham Abbey in Northumberland where he chaired the Forest Commission's regional advisory committee and was a Secretary of State appointee to the board of Northumberland National Park Authority. He has a background in ecology and is one of the Church of England's bishops with an environmental brief.