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"The Green Bible"
I'm not religious, but thought some might find this interesting or personally relevant.
For the first time in paperback, The Green Bible equips and encourages people to see God?s vision for creation and helps them engage in the work of healing and sustaining it. With over 1,000 references to the earth , the Bible carries a powerful message for a sustainable life. This green-letter edition of the Bible will highlight scriptures in green ink that teach about how God cares for and interacts with creation, in an effort to bring greater awareness to how this message is woven throughout the Old and New Testament. Essays from leading conservationists and theologians on how to read the Bible through a ?green lens? as well as a green topical index and Green Bible trail guide for personal study will be paired with teachings throughout the ages to show people how caring for God?s creation is not only a calling, but a lifestyle.
This first Bible of its kind includes inspirational essays from key leaders such as N. T. Wright, Barbara Brown Taylor, Brian McLaren, Matthew Sleeth, Pope John Paul II, and Wendell Berry.
Re: "The Green Bible"
Whatever works!!
Isn't that about women as property and right to beat in the Old Testament, and thus, supposedly no longer valid? That's how I understood Christians to explain why we can eat pork and shellfish and wear combined fibers and such although they are forbidden in the OT.
I see what you are saying about using the Bible to support particular views, and its easy to twist and turn things, but as a whole, it seems pretty straight-forward that if G-d created the earth its a Christian thing to take care of it. Or really any religion for that matter.
There was an interesting article the other day...somewhere... I think it was posted on P&CE?? about how important the religious right is to the green movement. I hope that more and more people begin to look at being green as common sense or even a duty as a Christian (or Jew or Muslim) rather than as tree-hugging.
I haven't seen the article but I think this is a very good point. There are many very conservative Christians who simply don't believe humans can destroy the earth because "who are we to think we could destroy God's creation."
But, some I've talked to, including close family, have said "No matter what conservative Christians think about destroying the earth, its important for Christians to remember to be good stewards of that which we've been given."
So, even if conservative Christians can't or won't get behind the green movement, hopefully they will at least take the concept Christian stewardship to heart.
No, not weird at all.
It might be a good way for Christians who are struggling with "being green" to see things in a new way though, you know?