Natural saints : how people of faith are working to save God's earth
McDuff, Mallory DAuthor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2010.
This study presents concrete evidence that churches and faith organizations are reconnecting with conservation and working to save the natural world. Drawing on interviews and field visits across the country, McDuff uses a framework of five bioregions in which to present the responses of churches to pressing environmental issues.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
This study presents concrete evidence that churches and faith organizations are reconnecting with conservation and working to save the natural world. Drawing on interviews and field visits across the country, McDuff uses a framework of five bioregions in which to present the responses of churches to pressing environmental issues.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed Sept. 7, 2010).
Introduction: the doxology and a communion of saints -- Protecting human dignity : fair food, farmworker rights, and the church -- Feeding the hungry : gardening for God's children -- Creating sacred spaces : energy efficiency, green jobs, and green building -- Responding to natural disaster and rebuilding : loss and resurrection on the Gulf coast -- Promoting justice : environmental justice, toxic tours, and GreenFaith -- Making a pilgrimage : mountaintop removal, water, and wildflowers -- Educating youth : solar panels at camp, creation care at Sunday school -- Bearing witness : engaging people of faith in environmental advocacy -- Conclusion: Acts of faith transformed by grace.
Human ecology
Environmental degradation
Conservation of natural resources
Environmental protection
Christian stewardship
Anthropogeography & Human Ecology
Anthropology
Social Sciences