Fora

1987 Forum

A Christian Land Ethic

Writer and conservationist Aldo Leopold (A Sand County Almanac) called for extending our sense of ethical obligation to include our relationship with the land - the complex web of living and nonliving things that surrounds and supports us. He termed this a "land ethic." On the centennial of his birth, Christian scholars and scientists gathered at the Au Sable Institute to ask: Can there be a Christian land ethic? What would it be like? This conference explored these questions from a variety of geographic and disciplinary perspectives: Africa, Europe, and the Americas; theology and biblical studies, economics, education, and ecology.

Statement by Forum Participants: A Christian Land Ethic

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