May 8-Making Nature Sacred 2-Adrienne Jones

In “Making Nature Sacred,” Gatta writes about Thomas Morton’s Idol Experiment. Morton’s book, “New English Canaan” evaluates the idea of ideology in Puritan practices. The Puritans see themselves as being higher than all others, and essentially, being pure. Gatta argues that the Puritan lifestyle is valid, in some ways, but also extreme, in others.