The Tree of Life

H. J. Massingham articulates his passionate and faith-based concern for the ecology of the English countryside in this early-20th-century masterpiece on environmental preservation. With descriptions of a seemingly unstoppable tide of vandalism, this treatise calls on the Christian church to unite in countering the destruction of natural, domestic, and sacred landscapes. The historic conflict between Christianity and progress is analyzed in-depth, with special attention given to how irresponsible wealth and greed has destroyed the beauty and simplicity of the English countryside. This practical and spirited perspective on globalization provides inspiration and faith for independent farmers worldwide as they continue to struggle against globalization.

Author Biography: H. J. Massingham was a scholar in the early 20th century who wrote about globalization and the environmental destruction of the English countryside. Frances Hutchinson is a research fellow at the department of social and international studies at the University of Bradford and is the author of The Political Economy of Social Credit Guild Socialism, The Politics of Money, and What Everybody Really Wants to Know About Money.