Saving creation [electronic resource] : nature and faith in the life of Holmes Rolston III / Christopher J. Preston.

By:

Preston, Christopher J. (Christopher James), 1968-

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ebrary, Inc

Publication details: San Antonio : Trinity University Press, c2009.Description: viii, 243 p. : illISBN:

9781595340504
9781595340986 (e-book)

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

333.72092 22

LOC classification:

GE56.R64 P74 2009eb

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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.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-233) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.