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The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation – August 13, 2010
If you want to understand the world view, theology, ethics, and politics of the Green movement, and you want those subjected to a penetrating critique by a Biblically and theologically astute Christian with impeccable scientific credentials, this book is for you. Resisting the Green Dragon will not only help you understand atheistic, pantheistic, and animist environmentalism, but also help you define the nagging sense you’ve had that there’s not only a lot right but also something wrong with the attractive, Christianized version of environmentalism that calls itself creation care.
When many Christians think it pious to uncritically embrace doom-and-gloom ecology and demands for slowed economic development and growth, reduced consumption, and government-imposed austerity, James Wanliss shows how they compromise the Biblical faith and promote unbiblical asceticism supported by poor science and flawed economics leading to policies that oppress the poor while enriching the powerful.
But much more important, he outlines a clear, Biblical understanding of Earth stewardship—the fulfillment of God’s first command to humanity, the Dominion Mandate to “be fruitful and multiply; fill the Earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the Earth” (Genesis 1:28). At the same time he clearly and faithfully proclaims the gospel of reconciliation with God for sinners justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone, thus obeying Christ’s last command on Earth, the Great Commission to “make disciples of all nations . . . teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:19-20).
Sincere Christians searching for a clear understanding of how to be good stewards of God’s Earth while loving their neighbors and faithfully representing Jesus Christ and His glorious gospel will find Resisting the Green Dragon irresistible!
–E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D., National Spokesman, The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation
Author, Where Garden Meets Wilderness: Evangelical Entry into the Environmental Debate
and Prospects for Growth: A Biblical View of Population, Resources, and the Future
Resisting the Green Dragon takes its cue from James 4:7, “Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” Click here to take advantage of pre-publication discount for the book and the related 12-lecture DVD series, great for churches, Sunday schools, families, students, and small groups. Click here to register for regular email updates as more names and resources are announced in the coming weeks.
How poor must understanding be, if the salvation is expected from green fascists …
Konrad Fischer
Protestant
The parable of the reindeer.