EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Four, Number Three January/February 1995 Resources Embracing Earth: Catholic Approaches to Ecology, by Albert J. LaChance and John E. Carroll, editors, ($18.95) 1994, Orbis Books, Maryknoll NY, 800/258-5838. Collection of seminal contributions by contemporary Catholic writers. Besides the editors, authors include: Thomas Berry CP; Miriam Therese MacGillis, Frederich G. Levine, David Toolan SJ, Mary Rosera Joyce, Beatrice Bruteau, Richard C. Haas, Albert J. Fritsch SJ, Marc Boucher-Colbert, Richard Rohr OFM, Charles Cummings OCSO, Terrence G. Kardong OSB, William J. Wood SJ, Tessa Bielecki OCD, William McNamara OCD, Paula Gonzalez SC, Keith Warner OFM, David Sherman and Wayne Teasdale. The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker, by John Polkinghorne, ($24.95) 1994, Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ; 609/883-1759. As a particle physicist and Anglican priest, the author explores what rational grounds there could be for Christian beliefs about events ranging from creation to the resurrection. One God, One Family, One Earth: Responding to the Gifts of God's Creation, an Environmental Education Curriculum, including Paul Winter Consort music, by the Environmental Stewardship Team of the Episcopal Church, ($12 plus $5 S&H). Order from Episcopal Parish Services, PO Box 269 William Penn Annex, Philadelphia PA 19105-0269, 800/903-5544. Voluntary Simplicity, Revised Edition, by Duane Elgin, ($10) William Morrow & Co, 1350 Ave. of the Americas, New York NY 10019. A discussion of simpler ways of living needed for a sustainable future, with frugal consumption and ecological sensitivity, resulting in inner growth and richness. An Agriculture That Makes Sense: Profitability of Four Sustainable Farms in Minnesota, report by the Land Stewardship Project and Minn. Dept. of Agriculture, ($5 plus $2.90 S&H) 1994. Four families use sustainable production techniques, resulting in higher profits than those who apply conventional methods on more acres. Order from Land Stewardship Project, 14758 Ostlund Trail North, Marine on St. Croix MN 55047; 612/433-2770. Planting the Seeds of Community: A Bible Study for Revitalization in Rural America, a 52 week curriculum for rural churches, by Paul Peterson and Mary Agria, ($52.00 plus $2.95 S&H); Center for Theology and Land, 2000 University Ave., Dubuque IA 52001; 319/589-3117. Home     Table of Contents