| Environmental Stewardship Contributor(s): Berry, Rj Sam (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0567030180 ISBN-13: 9780567030184 Publisher: T&T Clark OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: Is stewardship a useful way of regarding our relationship with our environment - or is it a dangerous excuse for plunder? Is it possible for us to be effective stewards? This book gathers together expositions of stewardship with criticisms of the concept and adds other contributions written especially for this collection. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Stewardship & Giving - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Religion | Christian Living - Social Issues |
| Dewey: 261 |
| LCCN: 2005020452 |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.4" W x 9.18" (1.19 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - Ecology - Theometrics - Academic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The stimulus for the book came from a conference organized by the John Ray Initiative (JRI) to explore 'the Christian approach to the environment'. A clear conclusion was the need to explore and characterize 'stewardship'. This is a concept widely used by environmentalists and one which has clear biblical roots, but it is repeatedly criticized (even condemned) by those who regard any management of nature as either impious or impractical, and by others who believe it is inadequate or misleading. Five key contributions form the core of this book: a context-establishing introduction by R.J. Berry, and papers by Robin Attfield (philosopher), Murray Rae (theologian), Calvin DeWitt (biologist), and Jim Lovelock ('biogeochemist'). They are supported by other relevant material - either classic texts or contributions written or revised especially for this volume. |