This publication files a suite of dialogues among scientists, theologians, and philosophers on what might be performed to avoid a world slide into ecological cave in. it's a uniquely multidisciplinary ebook that exemplifies the types of cultural and scholarly discussion urgently had to deal with the probability to the earth represented by way of our super-industrial civilization. The authors debate the normal account of nature conservation as safeguard from human job. unlike regular debts, they argue what's wanted is a brand new courting among humans and the earth that recovers a primal appreciate for all issues. This procedure seeks to get better forgotten assets in historical cultures and within the foundational narratives of Western civilization inside the Bible and within the tradition of classical Greece.

"A fresh critique of either evangelical and liberal North American environmental discourse, a daring workout in multi-disciplinary dialog, and a welcome retrieval of the virtues of creaturely humility and gratitude."
-Ernst M. Conradie
University of the Western Cape, South Africa

"This splendidly wealthy publication is a version of deep dialog on the most important demanding situations we are facing. crucial concerns are intrinsically interdisciplinary, but we regularly accept speaking 'at' or 'to' each other. this is often very true one of the 'environmental' and 'religious' groups. The conversations during this e-book exhibit that deep interdisciplinary engagements provide possibilities to re-frame the questions and re-describe the demanding situations in additional promising and life-giving methods, reworking members and the problems alike. a great achievement."
-L. Gregory Jones
Duke University

"Underlying the environmental circulate are a collection of typically undiscussed moral and theological assumptions in regards to the nature of the area and our courting to it. during this pioneering quantity, students from numerous views interact in a deep exploration of the connection of ecology, theology, and ethics. the consequences are usually illuminating, occasionally amazing, and uniformly worthy engaging."
--Paul Root Wolpe
Emory University

"Van Houtan and Northcott have interaction scientists, ethicists, theologians, and different pondering folks in discussion, operating to re-ligate the torn educational and social textile, and bringing all to work out and reply to the biosphere--the extraordinary production that demands our guardianship and respectful carrier. they've got us subscribe to this discussion, motivating us--guardeners all--toward nurturing the type of knowledge and humility that brings excellent news to each creature."
--Calvin DeWitt
University of Wisconsin

Kyle S. Van Houtan is a Post-Doctoral Fellow within the software in technology and Society and a examine Fellow within the heart for Ethics at Emory college. He has served as a biologist with the Smithsonian establishment and the U.S. Geological Service.

Michael S. Northcott is Professor of Ethics within the tuition of Divinity within the collage of Edinburgh, Scotland. he's the writer of our surroundings and Christian Ethics (1996)