The Bible and Ecology: Rediscovering the Community of Creation

by Richard Bauckham

With his characteristic rigor and perceptiveness, Richard Bauckham embarks on a biblical investigation into the relationship between human beings and the rest of creation. Bauckham argues that there is much more to the Bible's understanding of this relationship than the mandate of human dominion given in Genesis 1--which, he writes, has too often been used as a justification for domination and exploitation of the earth's resources. Instead, Bauckham...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1602583102
• ISBN13: 9781602583108
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher