Religion, Extremism, and the Myth of the American West | Betsy Gaines Quammen
Author and historian Betsy Gaines Quammen chats about the exploration of cultural views of landscape, the spiritual relationship with the land, the impact of manifest destiny and godly claims to land, the concept of a haunted land, personal rituals, ancestral theology, hyper patriotism, whitewashing history, wolf slaughter and reintroduction, and concludes with book promotion and future plans.
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