The literary field of ecocriticism appraises texts from the perspective of the natural world its biosystems its animals human and otherwise and its ecological interconnections. Exploring a range of contemporary American novelists whose narratives resonate with numerous ecological challenges this work examines humankinds relationship with the environment in the context of JudeoChristian theological views. It demonstrates how characters from novels such as John Updikes Rabbit Run DeLillos White Noise Toni Morrisons Paradise and Cormac McCarthys The Road take neopastoral journeys to rediscover an innovative relationship with nature and religion. While some are successful others turn away from the landscapes spirituality retreating into technological inventions. The journeys of these fictional American heroes this volume shows mirror ongoing theological nuclear age convictions.