This accessible and timely book uses a Christian perspective toexplore ethical debates about nature.* * A detailed exploration of humanity's treatment of thenatural world from a Christian perspective.* Covers a range of ethical debates, including currentcontroversies about the environment, animal rights, biotechnology,consciousness, and cloning.* Sets the immediate issues in the context of underlyingtheological and philosophical assumptions.* Complex scientific issues are explained in clearstudent-friendly language.* The author develops her own distinctive ethical approachcentred on the practice of wisdom.* Discusses key figures in the field, including Peter Singer,Aldo Leopold, Tom Regan, Andrew Linzey, James Lovelock, AnnePrimavesi, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Michael Northcott.* The author has held academic posts in both theology and plantscience.
