Creation care and the gospel : reconsidering the mission of the church / edited by Colin Bell and Robert S. White ; foreword by Lascelles G Newman ; introduction by Edward R Brown.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-353).

God's word. Ruling god's world God's way : dominion in Psalm 8 / Edward R Brown ; The biblical basis for creation care / Jonathan A Moo ; Ecological hope in crisis? / Richard Bauckham ; Environmental missions : an introduction / Lowell Bliss ; Creation care and the great commission / Craig Sorley ; how does creation care belong within an evangelical understanding of mission? / Dave Bookless ; Creation care ; a brief overview of Christian involvement / R J (Sam) Berry -- God's world. Global warming, climate change, and sustainability ; challenges to scientists, policymakers, and Christians / John Houghton ; Poverty and climate change / Dorothy Boorse ; Is the weather going crazy? Impacts of climate change in the Cusco region of Peru / Juliana Morillo Horne ; Population and ecological sustainability / John P. McKeown ; Unnatural disasters / Robert S White ; Biodiversity loss : a Christian concern? / Martin J Hodson ; Creation care of the other 71% / Meric Srokosz and Robert D Sluka ; Planetary boundaries and the green economy / Paul Cook -- God's work. Holistic environmental stewardship in East Africa / Serah Wambua ; The church and sustainable cities in East Asia / David Gould ; Creation care as a ministry of reconciliation : a framework for environmental missions / Susan D Emmerich -- Conclusion. Towards a robust theology of the environment / Ken Gnanakan -- Case studies: Improvisational drama, Australian church youth, and climate change: an educational tool for bringing about positive changes / Sally Saw ; THe work of A Rocha Ghana / Seth Appiah-Kubi ; Caring for creation Down Under: friends of A Rocha Australia / Mich Pope ; Drought and flooding in Bangladesh /James Pender ; ECHO, a community development and agriculture organization / Stan Doerr ; Can the desert be green? Asian Journeys' Green Desert Project in Inner Mongolia ; Restoring a mountains, reconciling communities: A Rocha in Aotearoa New Zealand / Andrew Shepherd ; Evolving church action on deforestation in Argentina / Andrew Leake ; A case study from Uganda / Sara Kaweesa ; A Rocha living waterways / Dave Bookless -- Appendix: living out our care for creation

What does the Gospel have to do with Creation Care? From Augustine to Martin Luther, theologians and preachers recognized that God speaks to his people through "two books", namely the Bible and his created world. In this volume an international group of theologians, scientists and creation care practitioners explore what this ancient truth means for us today. They show how care of God's creation must be an integral part of the mission of Christ's church, an expression of joyful worship, and a path of hope for a world in desperate need of it. - from the back of the book.

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