A faith encompassing all creation : addressing commonly asked questions about Christian care for the environment / edited by Tripp York and Andy Alexis-Baker ; foreword by Bill McKibben.
Pope Benedict XVI John Howard Yoder -- Doesn't creation care confuse nature with God? / Steven Bouma-Prediger -- Isn't it more urgent to care for humans than the planet? / Brenna Cussen Anglada -- Isn't all of creation violent? / Nekeisha Alexis-Baker -- Should we intervene to conserve biodiversity? : a brief (and timid) defense of zoological gardens / Tripp York -- Caring for orphans : an experiment in interspecies care at Noah's Ark in Georgia / L. Diane Smith -- Won't technology save us? : taking leadership on environmental concerns / Arthur Paul Boers -- Aren't humans stewards of God's creation? : on the moral importance of naming ourselves in relation to the land / Kelly Johnson -- Aren't we responsible for the environment / Samuel Ewell and Claudio Oliver -- What about Jesus and the fig tree? : Jesus talks to plants : prophetic warnings, agrarian wisdom, and earth symbolism / Ched Myers -- Isn't it all going to burn anyway? : finding common ground with creation care skeptics / Nancy Sleeth -- Is heaven just for human souls? / Laura Yordy -- Are there alternative paradigms for creation care? / John Howard Yoder -- If you want to cultivate peace, protect creation / Pope Benedict XVI
Summary:
Even as evidence accumulates that humans have significantly contributed to global climate change, many Christians have questions about what it means to care for creation. Some question whether focusing on creation care takes away from a person's spirituality or from caring for other humans. Others wonder to what extent we can live peaceably with nonhuman creation. Still others wonder whether we should be better stewards of the environment and whether developing better technology might save us from the current crisis. The diverse authors of this volume address these questions in an accessible way.
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