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Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says about the Environment and Why It Matters is unavailable, but you can change that!

Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible. She also cares about the environment. Using her expertise in ancient Israelite society and economy as well as in biblical theology, she walks readers through passages familiar and not-so-familiar, showing how significant environmental theology is in the Bible’s witness. She then calls Christians to apply that message to today’s environmental concerns. ...

At its very best, the church has led the way on abolition, temperance, homelessness, orphan and foster care, medical services for the least of these, and civil rights. At our best we have built more orphanages and hospitals than any other single organization on this planet. At our best we have taken our God-ordained self-sacrificial posture to places such as Madagascar and Haiti and served as educators, botanists, and midwives. We have embraced our role as the moral compass of society, confronted
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