The legislative season just concluding July 31, 2008 at the State House in Massachusetts produced a bumper crop of new environmental legislation. Five different bills passed. This is big! Huge, in fact. It represents a fresh and progressive approach that simultaneously addresses conservation, technology – renewable energy, and a green economy. As a newcomer to the environmental advocacy work I stand in awe of what has been accomplished. …

A four-part research article exploring a new sense of emerging humility about what humans have wrought and a renewed sense of hope at what might be achieved to save life on Earth. Part One, “Introduction,” …

A four-part research article exploring a new sense of emerging humility about what humans have wrought and a renewed sense of hope at what might be achieved to save life on Earth. Part Two, “Theological Underpinnings and the Natural World” …

A four-part research article exploring a new sense of emerging humility about what humans have wrought and a renewed sense of hope at what might be achieved to save life on Earth. Part Three, “Religious Environmentalism” …

A four-part research article exploring a new sense of emerging humility about what humans have wrought and a renewed sense of hope at what might be achieved to save life on Earth. Part Four, “Towards Healing the Earth” …

Will “church” survive in the 21st century? What will emerge as the new relevant faith community in this changing and diverse world of ours? Two seminaries, including the oldest one in the United States, are asking these questions and poking on new models. …