Does Christianity have something positive and distinctive to say about the world of nature or does it, as many have argued, provide a warrant for our ruthless exploitation of the environment? The Judaeo-Christian religious heritage has traditionally been accused of encouraging human domination over the rest of creation. Nature is portrayed as fallen and profane, individual salvation as all-important.
By looking at what the Bible actually says on these matters and by examining the traditions of the Early Fathers, Eastern Orthodoxy and medieval spirituality, Ian Bradley shows that Christianity is, in fact, a very 'green' faith, which has been distorted by alien influences and by the relentless selfishness of the human species.
Using insights derived from modern science - quantum physics, the new biology, process theology - this book rescues the greenness of Christianity. It portrays-God as the Creator who cares about and sustains in being all his creations, and Jesus as the Cosmic Christ.