ecology

Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo makes readers question the depth of their own commitment to righteousness.

Daniel Cooperrider understands the Bible as an outdoor book, open to the sky.

Given the environmental future we’re facing, we would do well to address it with resurrection hope.

Scientist Susanne Simard on how trees communicate and nurture each other

The stories we tell about consuming our way to a healthy environment

Phil Christman explores the idea of the Midwest.

For Jennifer Ayres, it’s crucial to name our ecological identity and responsibility.

David Wallace-Wells charts a path for life in the wake of global warming.

My favorite is a 100-year-old male cottonwood. I call him Grandfather.

Ernst Toller is not so different from the male anti-heroes at the heart of Paul Schrader's earlier, more sensational films.

Ted Genoways overturns assumptions not only about industrial agriculture but also about the farmers who are part of it.

Grace is an exchange, says Terra Schwerin Rowe—but not an economic one.

Dwelling in the edgelands can help us find what’s most hidden.

By summer, the plants are working overtime. It's a wonder we don't have as many words for green as the Inuit have for snow.

Flesh is indeterminate. It flows, changes over time, and is consumed and transformed. It becomes the reality of rich spiritual encounter.

People do not float through life in the bubble that is their skin. We are grounded, dependent beings that live through the lives and deaths of others.