BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260716T230000Z DTEND:20260717T000000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Author Reading: WILDNESS\, Thoreau and the Making of An American Theology DESCRIPTION:The Gloucester Writers Center & the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church will host a reading and discussion with Lydia Willsky-Ciollo\, author of Wildness\, Henry David Thoreau and the Making of An American Theology.\n\n \n\nThrough his love of nature\, Thoreau developed a distinctly American theology of the wild. In Wildness\, Lydia Willsky-Ciollo traces Thoreau's post-college years and his time at Walden Pond\, as he evolved from hopeful writer to observant theologian\, whose primary work as a surveyor enabled his theological vocation. The focus of Thoreau's theology wildness itself reflects a distinctly American set of tensions: progress and tradition\, wilderness and civilization\, and the individual and society. While remaining critical of dogma and institutions\, he hoped his readers would pick up the pen where he left off and write their own theologies of wildness.\n\nLydia Willsky-Ciollo is Professor of Religious Studies and Director of American Studies at Fairfield University. She was raised in Bedford\, Massachusetts and spent her summers in Lanesville with her grandparents\, Robert and Lee Natti. As an American Religious Historian\, she specializes in the 19th century with a focus on the religious thought of Unitarianism and Transcendentalism. In addition to Wildness\, Lydia is author of American Unitarianism and the Protestant Dilemma.\n\n \n\nThis is event is free and open to the public.\n\n \n\nFor more information\, https://www.gloucesterwriters.org/\n\n \n\nContact: JoeAnn Hart\, 978-729-0601\, joeann@joeannhart.com X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Gloucester Writers Center &\; the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church will host a reading and discussion with Lydia Willsky-Ciollo\, author of Wildness\, Henry David Thoreau and the Making of An American Theology.
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\nThrough his love of nature\, Thoreau developed a distinctly American theology of the wild. In Wildness\, Lydia Willsky-Ciollo traces Thoreau&rsquo\;s post-college years and his time at Walden Pond\, as he evolved from hopeful writer to observant theologian\, whose primary work as a surveyor enabled his theological vocation. The focus of Thoreau&rsquo\;s theology&mdash\;wildness itself&mdash\; reflects a distinctly American set of tensions: progress and tradition\, wilderness and civilization\, and the individual and society. While remaining critical of dogma and institutions\, he hoped his readers would pick up the pen where he left off and write their own theologies of wildness.
\nLydia Willsky-Ciollo is Professor of Religious Studies and Director of American Studies at Fairfield University. She was raised in Bedford\, Massachusetts and spent her summers in Lanesville with her grandparents\, Robert and Lee Natti. As an American Religious Historian\, she specializes in the 19th century with a focus on the religious thought of Unitarianism and Transcendentalism. In addition to Wildness\, Lydia is author of American Unitarianism and the Protestant Dilemma.
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\nThis is event is free and open to the public.
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\nFor more information\, https://www.gloucesterwriters.org/
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\nContact: JoeAnn Hart\, 978-729-0601\, joeann@joeannhart.com LOCATION:The Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church\, 10 Church Street\, Gloucester\, Massachusetts UID:e.2981.48302 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260622T160504Z URL:https://visit.rockportusa.com/events/details/author-reading-wildness-thoreau-and-the-making-of-an-american-theology-48302 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR