For people familiar with debates about restoration, the book's most important contribution is to emphasize the religious and spiritual dimensions of restoration and. in particular, the ways restoration is a collective activity that creates and strengthens human communities at the same time it can contributes to ecological health.
Anna Peterson Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics This is a ... Read morethoughtful and balanced book, with great value to scholars from a variety of fields... The great strength of Van Wieren's book is that she recognizes both the connection and the independence, balancing constructionist and 'essentialist' views of nature... An excellent introduction to the debates about restoration within environmental ethics. For people familiar with debates about restoration, the book's most important contribution is to emphasize the religious and spiritual dimensions of restoration and, in particular, the ways restoration is a collective activity that creates and strengthens human communities at the same time it can contribute to ecological health. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics Begins to construct ... new narratives and provides hope for nature, human and nonhuman alike.
Shirley J. Martyn Catholic Library World Restored to Earth, is a helpful overview of contemporary approaches to ecological restoration. To date it is the best book on religious approaches to ecological restoration and can be commended on that basis.
Andrew Spencer, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC Journal of Markets & Morality Show Less