New Streams of Religion

Fly Fishing as a Lived, Religion of Nature

Bibliographic Data

ID8200142
AuthorsStephanie Snyder (0000-0003-1891-4444, University of Florida, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume75
Issue4
Pages896-922
Publication date2007-10-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/jaarel/lfm063
PMID20681092
OpenAlexW2060845728
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited10

Fly fishers around the world frequently use terms such as religious, spiritual, sacred, divine, ritual, meditation, and conversion to describe their personal angling experiences. Further, drawing upon religious terminology, anglers will refer to rivers as their church and to nature as sacred. Often these latter pronouncements drive a concern for the conservation of these sacred spaces as evidenced by participation in both local and national conservation organizations. Informed by theoretical perspectives offered by religious studies, particularly "lived religion" and "religion and nature," I shall trace a few of the historical, material, and everyday elements of fly fishers and their subcultures, demonstrating along the way the insights that come by understanding fly fishing as a religious practice, which can, at times, drive an ethic of environmental conservation.

Biology · Fishery · Fishing · On the fly · Sociology · STREAMS · Computer Science · Military history and social perspectives · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Theological Perspectives and Practices

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