Bibliography (partial)*
- Church Resources - print, online, scriptures and hymns - Presbyterians for Restoring Creation
- EarthCare - Caring for God's Creation (go to Resource Guides,
Popular Books and Theological Perspectives) - EcoThomism, Jill LeBlanc, Environmental Ethics, Fall 1999, vol. 21, pp. 293-306. St. Thomas Aquinas views that natural things have intrinsic value and the world is an organic unity in which diversity isitself a value requiring respect for being and life in all their manifestations.
- For the Beauty of the Earth, Steven Bouma-Prediger, Baker Academic, 2002. Student text-book on the subject. Passionate, accurate, inspiring.
- Jesus and the Earth, Bishop James Jones, SPCK, 2003. The Bishop's eco-conversion as he re-reads the Gospels to see what Jesus said.
- Redeeming Creation: The Biblical Basis for Environmental Stewardship, by Fred Van Dyke, David Mahan, Joseph Sheldon, Raymond Brand. Study by four Christian biologists addresses the ecological crises we face, including destruction of animal habitats and the death of entire species. This book brings Scripture into fruitful dialogue with current scientific findings and commitments.
- Resources - Environmental Justice Office, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A)
- Resources (online and print) - AuSable Institute of Environmental Studies
- Rivers of Justice, Ruth Valerio, Waverley House, CWR, 2005. Set of group bible studies that combine environment and social justice.
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