Restored to Earth: Christianity, Environmental Ethics, and Ecological Restoration

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199 Index l Abbey, Edward, 88 Acid Mine Drainage and Art (AMD&ART) project, 97–98, 110nn52–53 Alliance to Let Nature Take Its Course (ATLANTIC), 45 Altman, Irwin, 128–29 American Society for Surface Mine Reclamation, 38 Angermeier, Paul, 68 anthropocentrism, 8, 29–30n24, 59, 161 anthropomorphism, 26 Aristotle, 88–89, 148 Armstrong, Greg, 154 artifacts, 58, 59, 80n10 assisted recovery, 40, 66 Atler, Joseph, 152 Augustine, Saint, 86, 89 Beatley,Timothy, 129 Bell, Catherine, 155, 168n44 Benedictine communities, 100, 153, 167n32; Madison restoration project by, 93, 134, 152–55, 157, 159, 164–65, 180 Benjamin, Jessica, 75 Berg, Peter, 45, 55 Berry,Thomas, 8, 83n90, 100, 170, 175, 184; on bioregions, 127; on celebration, 134 Berry, Wendell, 1, 26 Bible, 100, 104, 124, 178, 183 biocultural restoration, 42–44, 53n40, 74 biophilic design movement, 184 bioregionalism, 44–46, 110n39 bioregions, 127–28 Black Elk, 87 “Bloody Columbus” (Turner), 46–47 Boff, Leonardo, 8 Borgmann, Albert, 115 Brennan, Andrew, 60 British Petroleum, 27, 136 Brynn, David, 138 Buffon, Compte de, 36 Burns, Ken, 73 Cairngorm plateau wilderness project, 14, 124–25 Callicott, J. Baird, 10, 55, 61, 65, 119 Calvin, John, 86 Campbell, Joseph, 148 Canadian Land Reclamation Association, 38 200 Index Cap Sauers Holding restoration project, 121 Carson, Rachel, 6, 8, 88, 173 “Carving Up the Woods: Savanna Restoration in Northeastern Illinois,” 121 Caterpillar Inc., 50 celebration, 138–39, 182; by communities of place, 134 Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de, 150 Chicago Wilderness project, 2, 46, 121, 148, 156 Chidester, David, 10 children, 89, 172 Christianity, 8, 185; and anthropocentrism, 8, 29–30n24; on creation, 78–79, 106; and environmental action, 99–104; and environmental ethics, 24, 25–27, 32n78; and land partnership, 104–7; on nature, 7–8, 27, 64, 68–69, 74, 75; and nature-based spirituality, 86–87, 101–2, 108; and redemption, 175–77; ritual in, 102, 112n76, 178–79; sacramental tradition in, 79, 87, 152–53. See also religion Christy, Stephen, 165 citizenship, ecological, 49, 116–17, 123 Clements, E. F., 63 cohabitation, 130, 136, 137, 186 Common Ground Relief (CGR), 135–36, 142n65, 147, 156 communitarianism, 127; critiques of, 118–19, 140n15 community, 96–97, 98, 118–20, 186; bioregional, 127–28; diversity in, 133–34; Jordan on, 122, 149; narratives of, 180, 187; norms and model of, 114; outreach, 137. See also restorative communities of place conservation: biology of, 4; human partnership and, 38, 104, 118; and restoration, 6, 12–13, 24, 38, 59, 63 creation, 93, 108, 150; in Christian thought, 8, 64, 78–79, 106, 175; divine presence within, 78, 101, 162; integrity of, 64, 68–69, 74; nature and, 124, 161 culture, 139, 175; and ecological restoration, 28, 36, 73; and environmental ethics, 11, 183; and history, 36; and nature, 12, 28, 43, 59, 61, 64, 107, 116, 182–83 Dasmann, Raymond, 45 Davis, Ellen, 188n24 Davis, Mark, 63 Day, Dorothy, 89 decision making, 123–26, 133 deconstructionism, 61–65 deep ecological philosophy, 77–78, 110n39 deep restorationists, 44, 77–78, 93, 157 de Michelis, Elizabeth, 151, 152, 167n23 Derrida, Jacques, 61 differentiation, 127, 149; social, 122–23, 130 Dillard, Annie, 87 diversity, 120, 129, 133–34, 149 The Dream of the Earth (Berry), 170 Earth Charter, 85 Earth First!, 10 ecological restoration: activism in, 45–46, 131; as act of redemption, 201 Index 24, 96, 179; agenda for, 29n6, 181–85; anthropological understandings of, 46–47; biocultural understandings of, 42–44; bioregional understandings of, 44–46; Christian thought and, 25–26, 99–104; civic political dimensions of, 115, 116; communal nature of, 96–97, 98, 100, 113, 123; and communities of place, 128–30; and conservation, 6, 12–13, 24, 38, 59, 63; creativity of, 63–64, 66; and culture, 28, 36, 73; decision making in, 123–26; deep restorationists and, 44, 77–78, 157; definitions of, 1–2, 35, 38–40, 51, 52n16; as devotional practice, 93, 101; diverse types of, 2, 35–51, 133; Elliot/Katz’s views against, 10, 12, 48–49, 56, 57–60, 62, 80n10, 115; emotional responses to, 16, 102; and environmental ethics, 11–12, 86, 185; environmentalism and, 47, 52n16, 150; evolution of views on, 35–36; as form of service, 92–93; and healing, 2, 22, 94–95, 108, 185; and history, 69–74, 119; as human act, 40–41, 63–64, 149; and human-nature relationship, 2, 3, 115, 128, 130, 171, 180; by indigenous peoples, 37, 39, 41...