Anna L. Peterson

Inherited Land

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“This is the first collection of essays by a new generation of scholars who have focused on religion and nature from the beginning of their careers. It helps both to define the field as it now stands and to identify new directions for the future. In particular, the authors call attention to the centrality of lived practice, to the tensions between scholarship and advocacy, and to the need to consider not only ecological but also social issues, including technology. Their criticisms are constructive, their research careful, and their ideas well worth reading, discussing, and teaching.”

Nature and Creation

“In this detailed, well-written book, Richard H. Hiers explores the meaning of the creation, the sovereignty of God, humans’ place in the world and relations with other creatures and landscapes, and ethical guidelines for treatment of nature that emerge from biblical texts. Nature and Creation is important reading for biblical scholars, environmental ethicists, and people of faith interested in a careful, critical evaluation of what biblical texts have to say about human relations and obligations to the rest of nature.”