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Title:
Keeping God's earth : the global environment in biblical perspective / edited by Noah J. Toly and Daniel I. Block.
Author:
Toly, Noah.

Block, Daniel Isaac, 1943-
Publication Information:
Nottingham, England : Apollos ; Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2010.
Call Number:
BT695.5 .K44 2010
Abstract:
Diversity of life. Water resources. Global climate change. Cities and global environmental issues. We all know being a Christian involves ethical responsibility. But what exactly are our environmental obligations? This unique volume teams up scientists with biblical scholars to help us discern just not that question. What does the Lord require of us?
ISBN:
9780830838837
Physical Description:
300 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Introduction: Keeping God's earth : toward an evangelical response to environmental challenges / Noah J. Toly, Daniel I. Block -- Eschatology and environmental ethics : on the importance of biblical theology to creation care / Douglas J. Moo -- Cities and the global environment / Noah J. Toly -- A biblical theology of the city and the environment : human community in the created order / M. Daniel Carroll R. -- The diversity of life : its loss and conservation / Fred Van Dyke -- To serve and to keep : toward a biblical understanding of humanity's responsibility in the face of the biodiversity crisis / Daniel I. Block -- Water for life : global freshwater resources / Michael Guebert -- A biblical theology of water : plenty, food, and drought in the created order / David Toshio Tsumura -- The changing global climate : evidence, impacts, adaptation and abatement / Sir John Houghton -- "The earth is the Lord's" : biblical foundations for global ecological ethics and mission / Christopher J.H. Wright -- Environmental ethics : bringing creation care down to earth / David Gushee -- Afterword: When the Gardener returns : an ecological perspective on Adam's dominion / Douglas J. Green.
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