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This is a Christian Thought and Culture Lecture. Science confirms that human beings in their uniqueness are having uniquely destructive impact on the earth. Yet the Biblical message is that humans are to 'keep' and 'care for' creation. Pre-lecture reading: Bouma-Prediger, Steve. For the Beauty of the Earth, Chapter 4, "Is there a Connection between Scripture and Ecology?" (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2001; Wilson, E.O. The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth, ch. 1, "Letter to a Southern Baptist Pastor: Salutation"; ch. 2, "Ascending to Nature".