God Is Green: Ecology for Christians

In God Is Green, Ian Bradley recovers the green heart of Christianity—a God who clothes wildflowers in splendor; reminds Job of his humble part in the cosmic drama; and sends a Cosmic Christ to ennoble and perfect all of creation.

Bradley begins with the charges against Christianity—its alleged arrogance toward nature and glorification of man at the expense of the earth—and rebuts them. He accepts that Christians have been dismissive toward nature through the centuries, but he argues that th...