Creation and Meaning-Making
Often lost when we think about the Bible’s creation stories is the fact that they were written to inform the reader about the present and the world around. They weren’t written to falsify scientific explanations for how the world took its current form.
The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis
Lynn White got one big thing right. The environmental mess is Christianity’s fault. We can blame religion, yes Christianity, for allowing us to plunder the land, seas, air, and animals. Our religion has fostered in us a mindset that makes an ecological crisis, notably climate change, unavoidable. And importantly, if religion is at the heart …