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Interconnection Faith and the Earth Literature List

Christianity-focused resources
Judaism-focused resources
Buddhism-focused resources
Interfaith resources
General insights about the environment and human nature

Christianity-focused resources

General Discussions/Overviews

Barnette, Henlee H. The Church and the Ecological Crisis. Eerdmans, 1972.

Berry, R. J., ed. Care of Creation: Focusing Concern and Action. InterVarsity Press, 2000.

Bradley, Ian C. God is Green: Ecology for Christians. Image Books, 1992.

Campolo, Tony. How to Rescue the Earth Without Worshipping Nature: A
Christian's Call to Save Creation. Nashville: Nelson, 1992.

Gelderloos, Orin. Eco-Theology: The Judeo-Christian Tradition and the Politics of
Ecological Decision Making. Wild Goose Publications, 1992.

Hoezee, Scott. Remember Creation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998.

Jung, Shannon. We Are at Home: A Spirituality of the Environment. Paulist Press, 1993.

Santmire, H. Paul. Brother Earth: Nature, God and Ecology. Nelson, 1970.

Van Dyke, Fred et al. Redeeming Creation: The Biblical Basis for Environmental
Stewardship. Dowers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996.

Wilkinson, Loren. Earthkeeping in the '90s: Stewardship of Creation. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991.

Biblical Basis for Creation Care

Achtemeier, Elizabeth. Nature, God & Pulpit. Eerdmans, 1992.

Badke, William B. Project Earth: Preserving the World God Created. Multnomah, 1991.

Bergant, Dianne. The Earth is the Lord's: The Bible, Ecology, and Worship. Liturgical Press, 1998.

LeQuire, Stan L, ed. Best Preaching on Earth: Sermons on Caring for Creation. Judson, 1996.

Kirk, Janice E. and Donald R. Kirk. Cherish the Earth: The Environment and Scripture. Herald Press, 1993.

Shaw, Vera. Thorns in the Garden Planet: Meditations on the Creator's Care. Nashville: Nelson, 1993.

How to Care for Creation

Donahoe, Sydney L. Earth Keeping: Making It a Family Habit. Zondervan, 1990.

Hollender, Jeffrey. How to Make the World a Better Place: 116 Ways You Can Make a Difference. Norton, 1995.

Wilkinson, Loren and Mary Ruth Wilkinson. Caring for Creation in Your Own Backyard: Over 100 Things Christian Families Can Do to Help the Earth. Servant, 1992.

Judaism-focused resources

Bernstein, Ellen. Ecology and the Jewish Spirit: Where Nature and the Sacred Meet. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing, 1998.

Bush, Lawrence and Jeffrey Dekro. Jews, Money, and Social Responsibility: Developing a "Torah of Money" for Contemporary Life. Philadelphia: The Shefa Fund, 1993.

Elon, Ari, Naomi Hyman, and Arthur Waskow, eds. Trees, Earth and Torah: A Tu B'Shvat Anthology. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 1999.

Isaacs, Ronald H. The Jewish Sourcebook on the Environment and Ecology. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1998.

Rabinowitz, Louis I. Torah and Flora. Sanhedrin Press, 1979.

Stein, David E. A Garden of Choice Fruit: 200 Classic Jewish Quotes on Human Beings and the Environment. Philadelphia: Shomrei Adamah, 1991.

Tirosh-Samuelson, Hava, ed. Judaism and Ecology Volume: Religions of the World and Ecology Series. Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School, 2002.

Available from Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life (www.coejl.org)

Texts and Commentaries on Biological Diversity and Human Responsibility: A Study Guide (1996).

To Till and To Tend: A Guide to Jewish Environmental Study and Action (1994).

Buddhism-focused resources

Abraham, Ralph. “Orphism: The Ancient Roots of Green Buddhism.” In Dharma
Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology, ed. Allan Hunt Badiner, 39–49. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press, 1990.

Davies, Shann, ed. Tree of Life: Buddhism and the Protection of Nature. Hong Kong: Buddhist Perception of Nature Project, 1987.

Eppsteiner, Fred., ed. The Path of Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press, 1988.

Ingram, Catherine. In the Footsteps of Gandhi: Conversations with Spiritual Social Activists. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press, 1990.

Jones, Ken. Beyond Optimism: A Buddhist Political Ecology. Oxford: Jon Carpenter, 1993.

Kabilsingh, Chatsumarn. “How Buddhism Can Help Protect Nature.” In Tree of Life: Buddhism and Protection of Nature, ed. Shann Davies, 7–15. Hong Kong: Buddhist Perception of Nature Project, 1987.

Kaza, Stephanie. “The Gridlock of Domination: A Buddhist Response to Environmental Suffering.” In The Greening of Faith: God, the Environment, and the Good Life, ed. John E. Carroll, et al., 141–57. Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, 1997.

Morgante, Amy, ed. Buddhist Perspectives on the Earth Charter. Cambridge, Mass.: Boston Research Center for the 21st Century, 1997.
Sandell, Klas, ed. Buddhist Perspectives on the Ecocrisis. Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society, 1987.

Sivaraksa, Sulak. “How Societies Can Practice the Precepts.” In For a Future to Be Possible: Commentaries on the Five Wonderful Precepts, ed. Thich Nhat Hanh, 110–14. Berkeley, Calif.: Parallax Press, 1993.

Sotoshu Shumucho. International Symposium: The Future of the Earth and Zen Buddhism. Tokyo: Sotoshu Shumucho, 1991.

Yamaoka, Seigen H. A Buddhist View of the Environment. San Francisco, Calif.: Buddhist Churches of America, 1991.

Interfaith resources

Foltz, Richard C. Worldviews, Religion, and the Environment: A Global Anthology. Wadsworth Publishing, 2003.

Nash, James A. Loving Nature: Ecological Integrity and Christian Responsibility. Nashville: Abingdon, 1991.

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. Religion and the Order of Nature. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.

Rockefeller, Steven C., and John C. Elder, eds. Spirit and Nature. Boston: Beacon Press, 1992

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General insights about the environment and human nature

Brower, David. Let the mountains talk, let the rivers run: a call to those who would save the earth. San Francisco: HarperCollins West, 1995.

Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Houghton-Mifflin, 1994.

Dadd, Deborah. Nontoxic, Natural, and Earthwise: How to Protect Yourself and Your Family from Harmful Products and Live in Harmony with the Earth. Putnam Publishing, 1990.

Ehrlich, Anne and Paul. One with Nineveh : politics, consumption, and the human future. Washington: Shearwater Books, 2004.

Gelbspan, Ross. Boiling Point. New York : Basic Books, 2004.

Goldbeck, Nikki and David. Choose to Reuse. Woodstock, NY : Ceres Press, 1995.

Leopold, Aldo. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There. Oxford University Press, 1949.

McKibben, Bill. The End of Nature. Random House, 1989.

Schumacher, E. F. Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered. Harper and Row, 1973.

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