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Environmental Stewardship

Critical Perspectives - Past and Present

By: R.J. Berry (Editor)

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Hardcover | 9 February 2006 | Edition Number 1

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320 Pages

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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? Or are we irrelevant parasites? Or foolish virgins unprepared for the Master's return? The notion that God has appointed us to care for creation has a long history and has been taken over into secular thinking. But can we be responsible for something if we do not acknowledge an Owner?

This book gathers together classical expositions of stewardship with criticisms of the concept and adds other contributions written especially for this collection, linked by a critical commentary from the editor, R. J. Berry. The authors include both religious thinkers and practical conservationists. The questions faced were sparked by a conference of scientists and theologians organized by the John Ray Initiative and continued in a consultation at St George's House, Windsor Castle, with papers from Robin Attfield (philosopher), Murray Rae (theologian), Calvin DeWitt (environmental biologist), and Jim Lovelock (biogeochemist). The essays presented here are not simply an intellectual pastiche; they are a distillation of ideas to challenge us how to treat our environment - whether or not we call it 'Creation'.

Industry Reviews

'This book will be essential reading for any student interested in exploring environmental stewardship from a Christian perspective.'

'The galaxy of well established authors R.J. Berry has gathered for this collection will not dissapoint'

'Environmental Stewardship is a particularly valuable collection of essays, especially for students considering the benefits or otherwise of stewardship models.'

'We can thank the editor for being open enough to include a spectrum of views so that the reader can make up their own mind as to how they perceive stewardship. We could ask for no less in an edited collection.'
- Celia Deane-Drummond, International Journal of Systematic Theology (IJST)--Sanford Lakoff

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