Readings in Christian Environmental Stewardship
The following links are provided to articles and readings in Christian environmental stewardship. They are a selection of pieces from a forthcoming anthology called An Earthkeeping Reader being compiled by Steven Bouma-Prediger and Loren Wilkinson.
Poems
Berry, Wendell, "Slowly, slowly they return." A Timbered Choir. Washington, D.C: Counterpoint, 1998.
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, "God's Grandeur." Poems and Prose. London: Penguin, 1985.
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, "Pied Beauty." Poems and Prose. London: Penguin, 1985.
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, "Ribblesdale." Poems and Prose. London: Penguin, 1985.
Muir, Edwin, "The Animals." The Complete Poems of Edwin Muir. Glasgow: Association for Scottish Literary Studies, 1991.
Oliver, Mary, "Messenger." Thirst. Boston: Beacon, 2006.
Oliver, Mary, "Praying." Thirst. Boston: Beacon, 2006.
Oliver, Mary, "The Summer Day." New and Selected Poems. Boston: Beacon, 1992.
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, "God's Grandeur." Poems and Prose. London: Penguin, 1985.
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, "Pied Beauty." Poems and Prose. London: Penguin, 1985.
Hopkins, Gerard Manley, "Ribblesdale." Poems and Prose. London: Penguin, 1985.
Muir, Edwin, "The Animals." The Complete Poems of Edwin Muir. Glasgow: Association for Scottish Literary Studies, 1991.
Oliver, Mary, "Messenger." Thirst. Boston: Beacon, 2006.
Oliver, Mary, "Praying." Thirst. Boston: Beacon, 2006.
Oliver, Mary, "The Summer Day." New and Selected Poems. Boston: Beacon, 1992.
Articles
Berry, Wendell, "Christianity and the Survival of Creation." Ch. 7 in Sex, Economy, Freedom, and Community. New York: Pantheon, 1993.
Brand, Paul, "A Handful of Mud." Christianity Today, Nov. 8, 2010.
Capon, Robert Farrar, "The First Session." The Supper of the Lamb. New York: Random House Modern Library, 2002.
Capon, Robert Farrar, "Wave Breast and Heave Shoulder." The Supper of the Lamb. New York: Random House Modern Library, 2002.
DeWitt, Calvin, "Behemoth and Batrachians in the Eye of God: Responsibility to Other Kinds in Biblical Perspective." Christianity and Ecology. Eds. Dieter Hessel and Rosemary Ruether. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 2000. (Part I)
DeWitt, Calvin, "Behemoth and Batrachians in the Eye of God: Responsibility to Other Kinds in Biblical Perspective." Christianity and Ecology. Eds. Dieter Hessel and Rosemary Ruether. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 2000. (Part II)
Dillard, Annie, "Fecundity." Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. 1974.
Dillard, Annie, "Intricacy." Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. 1974
Guardini, Romano, "Artificiality of Existence." Letters from Lake Como: Explorations in Technology and the Human Race. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
Kohac, Erazim, "The Gift of the Night." The Embers and the Stars. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1984.
Leax, John, "A God to Thank." Out Walking. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.
May, John, "Maker of Heaven and Earth: Creation in the Psalms." God Who Creates. Eds. William Brown and S. Dean McBride. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
Middleton, Richard. "Creation Founded in Love: Breaking Rhetorical Expectations in Genesis 1:1 - 2:3." Sacred Text, Secular Times: The Hebrew Bible in the Modern World. Omaha: Creighton University Press, 2000.
Rolston, Holmes, III, "Environmental Ethics: Some Challenges for Christians." Society of Christian Ethics Annual (1993).
Rossing, Barbara. "River of Life in God's New Jerusalem: An Eschatological Vision for Earth's Future." Christianity and Ecology. Eds. Dieter Hessel and Rosemary Ruether. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
Santmire, Paul. "Partnership With Nature Acccording to the Scriptures: Beyond the Theology of Stewardship." Christian Scholar's Review vol. 32, no. 4 (Summer 2003).
Walsh, Brian, Marianne Karsh, and Nik Ansell. "Trees, Forestry, and the Responsiveness of Creation." Cross Currents vol. 44, no. 2 (Summer 1994).
Wirzba, Norman. "Culture's Denial of Creation." Ch. 2 in The Paradise of God. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Brand, Paul, "A Handful of Mud." Christianity Today, Nov. 8, 2010.
Capon, Robert Farrar, "The First Session." The Supper of the Lamb. New York: Random House Modern Library, 2002.
Capon, Robert Farrar, "Wave Breast and Heave Shoulder." The Supper of the Lamb. New York: Random House Modern Library, 2002.
DeWitt, Calvin, "Behemoth and Batrachians in the Eye of God: Responsibility to Other Kinds in Biblical Perspective." Christianity and Ecology. Eds. Dieter Hessel and Rosemary Ruether. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 2000. (Part I)
DeWitt, Calvin, "Behemoth and Batrachians in the Eye of God: Responsibility to Other Kinds in Biblical Perspective." Christianity and Ecology. Eds. Dieter Hessel and Rosemary Ruether. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 2000. (Part II)
Dillard, Annie, "Fecundity." Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. 1974.
Dillard, Annie, "Intricacy." Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. 1974
Guardini, Romano, "Artificiality of Existence." Letters from Lake Como: Explorations in Technology and the Human Race. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994.
Kohac, Erazim, "The Gift of the Night." The Embers and the Stars. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1984.
Leax, John, "A God to Thank." Out Walking. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2000.
May, John, "Maker of Heaven and Earth: Creation in the Psalms." God Who Creates. Eds. William Brown and S. Dean McBride. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.
Middleton, Richard. "Creation Founded in Love: Breaking Rhetorical Expectations in Genesis 1:1 - 2:3." Sacred Text, Secular Times: The Hebrew Bible in the Modern World. Omaha: Creighton University Press, 2000.
Rolston, Holmes, III, "Environmental Ethics: Some Challenges for Christians." Society of Christian Ethics Annual (1993).
Rossing, Barbara. "River of Life in God's New Jerusalem: An Eschatological Vision for Earth's Future." Christianity and Ecology. Eds. Dieter Hessel and Rosemary Ruether. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000.
Santmire, Paul. "Partnership With Nature Acccording to the Scriptures: Beyond the Theology of Stewardship." Christian Scholar's Review vol. 32, no. 4 (Summer 2003).
Walsh, Brian, Marianne Karsh, and Nik Ansell. "Trees, Forestry, and the Responsiveness of Creation." Cross Currents vol. 44, no. 2 (Summer 1994).
Wirzba, Norman. "Culture's Denial of Creation." Ch. 2 in The Paradise of God. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
