Rent Environmentalism and the Bible: What Scripture Says about Creation and Why It Matters

Synopsis

The Church is both deeply conflicted about and deeply invested in the issue of environmentalism. Christians are looking for answers not ones that come via a particular political party or elitist behavior, but rather biblical-theological responses to a topic that continues to show up in their schools, in their neighborhoods, and across their planet. The purpose of this brief, focused, and accessible book is to reach the typical American Christian on the issue of the moral character of creation care. Each chapter works through an aspect of creation care as it is addressed in the biblical text, fully explaining the topic via the socioeconomic and historical context of a given passage. The final chapter is dedicated to the question of how to respond it offers reasonable responses that the American can implement in America, and it also opens the readers eyes to environmental missions and its tremendous potential for the good of the gospel and the world. The beauty of this book is that it transforms material that has seemed hopelessly political and conflicted into a narrative of a topic that is simply biblical. It is a succinct, robustly biblical treatment of environmentalism that serves as a manifesto for a Christian response: This is why we care. Chapter topics include: Why has the Church gotten lost on this topic? A history of environmentalism and religion Whose land is it anyway? Israel and their landlord Domestic creatures and creation care Wild creatures and creation care Creation care and the widow and the orphan The new covenant and stewardship Resources for the responsive Christian How then should we live?

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