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We have been shockingly bad at using our Bibles and our brains when it comes to conservation and the environment. Unhinged environmentalism is not the answer, but neither are ignorance and apathy. It's time for something different.
Christian responsibility for the natural world goes back to the very beginning, when God commanded us to "fill the earth and subdue it." This Dominion Mandate is an authoritative alternative to both environmental activists and to those who think "conservation" is a word progressives made up.
So what does "dominion" mean for us, living in a world of constant reports about impending global meltdown; of oils spills, pollution, and strip-mining; of extinction threats both real and imagined? A Different Shade of Green contains a compelling Christian approach to biodiversity conservation and other environmental issues, offering solutions and correcting errors while teaching us how to give thanks for and rule over all of creation.
About the author
Gordon Wilson is emeritusprofessor in Environment and Development. He has previously co-authored Learning for Development, The Lived Experience of Climate Change and Environment, Development and Sustainability, as well as invited chapters for nine further books. He has published The Pyrenees:Trekking the Mountains of Hope and Freedom.
Steve Cracknell has written three other books on the Pyrenees. In the first two, the mountains and their inhabitants are seen throughthe eyes of a long-distance walker. His third work, The Implausible Rewilding of the Pyrenees is based on interviews with shepherds, farmers, environmentalists and hunters, some of whom also feature in Mountain People. The author and environmentalist Dr Mark Avery chose it for his Nature Book of the Year, 2021.
