ABSTRACT
This chapter argues that Ted Hughes's collection, Crow is an aesthetic expression of the kind of critique and reconsideration of the relationship between religion and environmental attitudes that was formulated theoretically by White. The story of Crow revolves around the relationship between Christianity and science and technology, the implications of the relationship and the relationship with the natural environment. Crow critiques Christianity and other Western worldviews through a trickster narrative. In relation to its critique of Christian ideology, Crow reproves a Romantic, pastoral view of nature. The most important target for critique in Crow after Christianity is science and technology. The combination of science and technology in Crow does not only harm humans, it also devastates the environment, as seen in poems like 'Crow and Mama' and 'A Disaster'. Crow suggests an alternative view of humans as ultimately exposed to indifferent and much more powerful forces of nature, promoting an attitude of humility rather than stewardship towards the global ecosystem.
