Ecological Science as a Creation Story.

The U.S. environmental sector has deep roots in and is heavily dependent on the conviction that people find a mirror of God's thinking in the encounter with nature. Leaving this conviction aside, much of the environmental movement's belief system would be hard to explain or defend, and the use of t...

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Published in:Independent Review Vol. 14; no. 4; pp. 513 - 535
Main Author: Nelson, Robert H.
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Published: Independent Institute Spring 2010
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