Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-284) and indexes.

Introduction: Keeping God's earth-- toward an evangelical response to environmental challenges / Noah J. Toly, Daniel I. Block -- Eschatology and environmental ethics: on the importance of biblical theology to creation care / Douglas Moo -- Cities and the global environment / Noah J. Toly -- A biblical theology of the city and the environment: human community in the created order / M. Daniel Carroll R. -- The diversity of life: its loss and conservation / Fred Van Dyke -- To serve and to keep: toward a biblical understanding of humanity's responsibility in the face of the biodiversity crisis / Daniel I. Block -- Water for life: global freshwater resources / Michael Guebert -- A biblical theology of water: plenty, food, and drought in the created order / David Toshio Tsumura -- The changing global climate: evidence, impacts, adaptation and abatement / Sir John Houghton -- "The earth is the Lord's": biblical foundations for global ecological ethics and mission / Christopher J. H. Wright -- Environmental ethics: bringing creation care down to earth / David Gushee.