This course seeks to wrestle with Old Testament theologies of Creation, earthkeeping, and the role of humanity in the created order. Students will engage the history and development of these ideas within the Church, and consider how this legacy relates to the current state of the world. Students will explore Sabbath economics and the spiritual discipline of Sabbath keeping.
Required Texts
- Bouma-Prediger, Steven. For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care, 2nd edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2010. (ISBN: 080103695X)
- Brueggemann, Walter. Sabbath as Resistance: Saying No to the Culture of Now. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2014. (ISBN: 0664239285)
- Davis, Ellen F. Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. (ISBN: 0521732239)
- Erlander, Daniel. Manna and Mercy: A Brief History of God’s Unfolding Promise to Mend the Entire Universe. Mercer Island, WA: The Order of Saints Martin and Teresa, 1992. (http://www.danielerlander.com/)
- Schut, Michael, ed. Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective. Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 2009. (ISBN: 0819223697)
Recommended Texts
- Brunner, Daniel L., Jennifer L. Butler, and A.J. Swoboda. Introducing Evangelical Ecotheology: Foundations in Scripture, Theology, History, and Praxis. Ada, MI: Baker Academic, 2014. (ISBN: 0801049652)
- The Green Bible, reprint ed. New York: HarperOne, 2010. (ISBN: 0061951129)