Wendell Berry: Spirituality in the Soil | Charlotte News

Wendell Berry, the revered writer who framed the environmental crisis as a spiritual awakening, has died at 92. His profound body of work—poetry, essays, fiction—wove human wholeness with the health of the land, insisting we cannot be whole apart from it. Rejecting industrialism as a spiritual poison and finding divinity in the “timbered choir” of nature, Berry anchored his faith in the physical world and the human body. Though skeptical of organized religion, he drew deep meaning from earthbound experience, offering solace to those lost in alienation. Visitors flocked to his Kentucky farm for wisdom; his legacy lives on through the Berry Center, now celebrating the 50th anniversary of his landmark critique, “The Unsettling of America.” With over forty books, Berry’s enduring message: our souls and soil are inseparable—and hope, he insisted, is not a feeling but a vital act. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/07cb4eef3406c1f8