Hope in an Age of Despair: The Gospel and the Future of Life on Earth - Softcover

White, Robert S; Moo, Jonathan A

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844748774 ISBN 13: 9781844748778

Publisher: IVP, 2013

Synopsis

In the face of climate change and other environmental trends, it is easy to be pessimistic about the future. Philosophers, film-makers, environmentalists, politicians and even senior scientists increasingly resort to apocalyptic rhetoric to warn us that a so-called 'perfect storm' of factors are coming together in a way that threatens the future of life on earth.

[I]f the Christian gospel fundamentally reorientates us in our relationship with God and his world, then there ought to be something radically distinctive about our attitude and approach to such threats. Moo and White therefore reflect on just what difference the Bible's vision of the future of all of creation makes to how we live now and respond to the challenges facing life on earth.

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Review:

This powerful book is full of godly wisdom. Jonathan Moo and Robert White have given us an authoritative account of the current scientific data together with an inspirational review of a wide range of profound biblical resources. It is truly important reading for anyone seeking for hope in our troubled environmental times. --Peter Harris, A Rocha

The authors give a careful and comprehensive scientific analysis of contemporary threats to the environment, such as those posed by climate change. To this they add an extensive discussion of biblical material relating to human hope and responsibility. Many Christians will find this book a helpful approach to serious problems of our age. --Revd Dr John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS

About the Author:

Jonathan A. Moo is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington. He holds graduate degrees in wildlife ecology and theology and is author of Creation, Nature and Hope in 4 Ezra. Robert S. White is Professor of Geophysics, University of Cambridge, Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, and a Fellow of The Royal Society. He is editor of 'Creation in Crisis' and co-author of 'Christianity, Climate Change, and Sustainable Living'.

About this edition

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1844748774
• ISBN 13: 9781844748778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224