For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care (Engaging Culture)

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Summary: For the Love of God...It's about time.
Review: Prof. Steven Bouma-Prediger does a wonderful job at doing a very hard thing: speaking to the Evangelical Christian audience (and all Christians for that matter) about why they should care about the environment, the air, the land, and more holistically, the earth. In his carefully written and discerningly provocative book, Bouma-Prediger gives any and every thinking Christian a run for their money when it comes to thinking right theologically about ecology. Sure, the book only dabbles in the pool of ecological problems our Earth is currently facing (he could have spent 500 pages doing that I suppose), but it is a good "survey" or "intro" for every Christian who's sick and tired of NOT thinking about social redemeption as well as spiritual, human redemption.

Bouma-Prediger gives the very high call (not just good stewards of the earth, but serving and caring...this is what the biblical call "dominion over the earth" means) and it's nothing short of profound considering these times we live in. While Bouma-Prediger should give the Biblical conservative plenty to think and re-think about, he never comes off as speaking down to his reader, which is the thing I most appreciated while reading his book. His writing is beautiful, his argument convincing and in our world today which tends to be divided between Christians who care about humans and the world who cares more about the Earth, he does a splendid job at bridging this huge gap. Read and be inspired!