Rivers Declared to Be “Persons”
by Wesley J. SmithJust what does it mean for a river to have “rights”? Continue Reading »
Creation Careless
by John MurdockWhen will we have a chance to piece back together a conservatism and a Christian worldview with something edifying to say about all of creation? Continue Reading »
The Politics of Advent
by Dale M. CoulterThe season of Advent reminds Christians that uncreated nature grounds, heals, and elevates created nature, which marks the foundational principle of the city of God. Advent has a politics within it.
Our Own Devices
by Joseph ClairA flickering glow welcomed me to my university’s chapel service. Votive candles? If only. Continue Reading »
Leviathan in the Desert
by Nathan NielsonThe Obama administration's environmental initiatives in Utah prompt controversy and a crucial question: Are we overrunning the land in the name of saving it? Continue Reading »
“Even Mother Nature Has An Agent”
by Philip BessOver the last fifteen years or so I have seen (and been moved by) many of the aspirational/inspirational billboards sponsored by The Foundation for a Better Life, an organization that promotes common-ground character virtues while trying at the same time to avoid being a partisan in our contemporary . . . . Continue Reading »
Human Condition v. Human Nature: My Response to Chantal Delsol
by Carl ScottIn the thread below, Chantal Delsol graciously responded to my observation that her more recent book had dropped the occasional references to human nature used in earlier books. While still utilizing the term “natural” to reference to certain biological determinations, she affirmed that . . . . Continue Reading »
The Form of Speaking
by Stephen M. BarrThe Language of God by francis s. collins free press, 304 pages, $26 “Today we are learning the language in which God created life.” With these words, President Clinton announced one of the great feats of modern science, the mapping of the human genome. Standing next to him in the East Room of . . . . Continue Reading »
Black Spruce
by William NorthFrom a distance it looked like ordinary wood, a snuff-colored twig one might rake for burning. Surfaced by the bulldozer from a sarcophagus of clay, it could have been the brittle finger-bone of a prophet, or a phalange of an extinct ape from another age. Black . . . . Continue Reading »
Why Animals Came in from the Cold
by Thomas Sieger DerrThe Covenant of the Wild: Why Animals Choose Domestication by steven budiansky morrow, 190 pages, $18 Having yet again picked up the garbage the raccoons repeatedly spill in my backyard. I was well prepared for Steven Budiansky’s The Covenant of the Wild. These wily creatures, who by all accounts . . . . Continue Reading »
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