TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levinovitz, Alan.
TI  - Natural: the seductive myth of nature's goodness
SN  - 9781788161985
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Profile Books
KW  - Philosophy of nature.
KW  - dbcsh
KW  - Naturalism.
KW  - Nature
KW  - Religious aspects.
KW  - Natural theology
N1  - Part I. Myth. In the beginning -- The true vine -- States 
       of nature -- Part II. Ritual. Hey Bear! -- Let food be thy
       medicine -- Deepak Chopra's condo -- Part III. Law. The 
       invisible hand -- The rhythm -- God-given talent -- 
       Afterword: Salvation.
N2  - Why arguments based on what is 'natural', in food, medicine, and society at large, are appeals to a false  idol our oldest, most persistent superstition. In this  sparking and mind-expanding essay, a scholar of religion  shows where that ancient delusion came from and how we can at last break free of it.
ER  -