Spretnak, Charlene

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SPRETNAK, Charlene

SPRETNAK, Charlene. American, b. 1946. Genres: Environmental sciences/Ecology, Art/Art history, Humanities, Intellectual history, Mythology/Folklore, Social commentary, Theology/Religion, Women's studies and issues. Career: Writer, lecturer, and professor. University of California, Berkeley, lecturer in and director of writing program, 1978-86; Schumacher College, Devon, England, scholar-in-residence, 1992, 1997, 2003; California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, professor of philosophy and religion, 1992-. Publications: Lost Goddesses of Early Greece: A Collection of Pre-Hellenic Myths, 1978, rev. ed., 1992; (ed.) The Politics of Women's Spirituality: Essays on the Rise of Spiritual Power within the Feminist Movement, 1982, rev. ed. as The Politics of Women's Spirituality: Essays by Founding Mothers of the Movement, 1994; (with F. Capra) Green Politics: The Global Promise, 1984; The Spiritual Dimension of Green Politics, 1986; States of Grace: The Recovery of Meaning in the Postmodern Age, 1991; The Resurgence of the Real: Body, Nature, and Place in a Hypermodern World, 1997. Contributor to periodicals. Address: PO Box 860, Moss Beach, CA 94038, U.S.A.

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