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Saving creation : nature and faith in the life of Holmes Rolston III
Title
Saving creation : nature and faith in the life of Holmes Rolston III / Christopher J. Preston.
ISBN
9781595340504 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1595340505 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
San Antonio, Tex. : Trinity University Press, c2009.
Physical Description
viii, 243 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary
Known as the "father of environmental ethics," Rolston is celebrated for his advocacy to protect the Earth's biodiversity and for his critical work reconciling evolutionary biology and Christianity. --from publisher description
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 01, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233) and index.
Contents
Shenandoah Valley childhood
Country schoolhouse to atomic physics lab
Graduate school to rural pastorate
Preacher and Appalachian naturalist
Leaving the ministry
Discovering philosophy
Colorado breakthrough
Valuing wild nature
Ecology and aesthetics in Yellowstone
Wilderness and the developing world
Feeding people, saving nature
Christianity and the struggle with evolution
Cruciform nature.
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