Includes bibliographical references and index.

Culture and spirituality -- Full circle : return to the source -- Contemplation and connection : indigenous spirituality and the environment -- Nautre as haven, nature as Hades : the role of wilderness in immigrant religions -- Law -- Culture and justice : nature and the rule of law in the "New World" -- Of walls and windows : church-state separation and religious accommodation -- Management of public lands and resources -- Rising to Heaven or risen from Hell? Culture, conflict, and consensus at Devil's Tower National Monument -- Other spaces, other cases : worship and multiple-use management of public lands. Birthing the woolly cow : the contested legal reconstruction of the American bison -- Conservation and cultural renewal : hunting, gathering, and cleansing the waters -- Pacific Rim variations : between East and West -- Charting a common course -- Coming home : Euro-Americans and contemplative rediscovery of the "New World" -- The National commons as sacred space : making peace in the field and defending it in court.