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Tony Campolo notes that Christians and environmentalists, those who love the Creator and those who love the creation, should find it easy to relate to one another. But such has not been the case.
Campolo explains: "Christians, particularly evangelicals, have tended to ally with those conservative capitalists who fear that the consequences of environmentalism will make concern for spotted owls more important than jobs for loggers and that clean-air regulations will make American industry noncompetitive.... From the other side, environmentalists also have a fear and suspicion about Christians. They often excuse us of propagating a theology that leads to the destructive exploitation of nature. They have been duped into believing that Christians make the biblical mandate to subdue the earth (Genesis 1:28) into an ideology that justifies all kind of abuses...."
Campolo seeks to reconcile these two groups to work with God for eventual restoration of the creation.
Campolo explains: "Christians, particularly evangelicals, have tended to ally with those conservative capitalists who fear that the consequences of environmentalism will make concern for spotted owls more important than jobs for loggers and that clean-air regulations will make American industry noncompetitive.... From the other side, environmentalists also have a fear and suspicion about Christians. They often excuse us of propagating a theology that leads to the destructive exploitation of nature. They have been duped into believing that Christians make the biblical mandate to subdue the earth (Genesis 1:28) into an ideology that justifies all kind of abuses...."
Campolo seeks to reconcile these two groups to work with God for eventual restoration of the creation.
