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Planetwise: Dare to Care for God's World (Paperback)

by Dave Bookless (Author)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: IVP (15 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844742512
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844742516
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.8 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 124,028 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'I was in the act of throwing away my family's rubbish while holidaying on a beautiful island when I heard God speak. I could easily have missed it, but an inner whisper asked, "How do you think I feel about what you are doing to my world?"'

Since the day God challenged him, Dave Bookless has been on a mission: to share with others the compelling biblical case for caring for the planet God made for his glory and his people's enjoyment.

This is not another book on green issues to make you feel guilty. The message is that there is hope. God can take your small and insignificant efforts and multiply them in his great plan.

Dave takes us right into the heart of his family and shows how living simply, besides honouring God, can be an exciting adventure



About the Author

Dave Bookless is National Director of A Rocha UK. He is married to Anne and they have four daughters.
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4.0 out of 5 stars What every Christian needs to know about environmentally responsible living, 12 Mar 2008
By Jeremy Williams (Luton) - See all my reviews
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It seems rather strange to me that there hasn't been a simple introductory book on Christianity and the environment. It seems a remarkable oversight. Or perhaps there are some, and I've failed to find them. Either way, there is one now.

Planetwise deals with that recurring question of whether or not Christians should be concerned with the environment - and if they should, how should they live in response? The author's answer is an adamant yes, caring for the earth is not just an intrinsic part of the Christian faith, but right at the heart of what it is to be human.

Following a pattern of creation, fall, and redemption, Planetwise shows how the Christian message is good news for the whole planet, how God's promises include the earth itself, and where we have sold Jesus' message short with a narrow perspective of soul-saving and future heaven.

In response, Bookless calls Christians to incorporate good environmental stewardship into their discipleship, worship, and mission. That involves lifestyle change. "Can you spot Christians by the cars they drive," he asks, "the contents of their shopping trolleys or the amount of waste they send to landfill?" Perhaps one day we will, and we'll be a little closer to meaning what we say when we pray "your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
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5.0 out of 5 stars I Dare, 5 Oct 2008
By D. Beattie (Lancashire, England) - See all my reviews
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I have read tis book at least twice. The first time was very quick because I could not put it down. The second not only to think about what I had just read but also trying to put them into practice. This is not just an easy to comprehend book, but also offers suggestions on how to put the principles into practice. I recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone who seeks to put care for creation into their lifestyle
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4.0 out of 5 stars A (mostly) persuasive rationale for Christian environmental action, 18 Sep 2009
By Jeremy Bevan (West Midlands, UK) - See all my reviews
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Christians will find this short exposition of a rationale for Christian environmental concern both welcome and possibly a little frustrating. Among its strengths: a careful theological underpinning for the practical environmental concern that author Dave Bookless advocates; and a very proper attention to the impact that a creation-care perspective should have on worship and mission (unusual), as well as on discipleship and lifestyle, with some detailed agendas for action in each area.

But the theology is a bit uneven: it's very good on how hoping for a completely new earth to replace this worn-out one may well be a pious (and dangerous) illusion; but I felt it short-changed the reader on some really big issues in the area where science and theology don't really mesh - such as how predation can be a sign of the Fall when it's clearly been a part of life for far longer than humanity has. In this respect, the book could perhaps have done with importing some non-Western Christian perspectives - for example, Eastern orthodoxy's stress on the creation as still capable of reflecting God to humanity and drawing it upwards. Despite these quibbles, though, I'd still rate it as worthwhile reading for people of faith looking for inspiration to act on climate change.
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