List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgments 1. Science, Religion and Environment 1.1 Setting the scene 1.2 Rationale 1.3 Thinking about science and theology 1.4 Faith, religion and doctrine 1.5 Ways of approaching the contemporary dialogue between science and theology 1.5.

1 Conflict 1.5.2 Independence 1.5.3 Dialogue 1.6 Interpreting observations: models and paradigms in science and religion 2. The Origins of Environmental Concern Among Christians 2.1 Ecumenical background 2.

2 Why earnest exhortations are never enough 3. Environmental Management and the Tragedy of Unmanaged Commons 3.1 The problems of common property management 3.1.1 First form: Muldoon's Law. In management of a common resource, strategies that are individually rational can be collectively disastrous 3.1.2 Second form: Berk's Law.

The Threat of damage to or depletion of an uncontrolled common resource increases its value and stimulates competition among free individuals to harvest it all the faster, regardless of the future 3.1.3 Third form: Bolger's Law. Individuals will tend to resist restriction of private access to common resources, even to protect the long term interests of the community 3.2 Theories of collective action 3.2.1 Privatisation 3.2.

2 Regulation 3.2.3 Collective Action 3.3 Conclusion 4. Human Nature 4.1 If there is a crisis, why are people ignoring it? 4.2 Understanding the roots of human nature 4.2.

1 The primate heritage 4.2.2 The interactions between natural and cultural selection 4.3 The theory of gene-culture co-evolution 4.4 Game theory and the social contract 4.4.1 The importance of community life 4.5 Models of the origins of morality 4.

5.1 Unconscious morality: the metaphor of the invisible hand 4.5.2 Natural morality as self-deception 4.5.3 True morality: a rebellion against nature or the fulfillment of nature 4.5.4 Religion and morality 4.

6 Conclusion: moral history and the environmental crisis 5. Theology of Creation 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The classic Christian doctrine of creation 5.3 Creation theology and the origin of modern service 5.4 What is "integrity of creation"? 5.5 Current developments in creation theology 5.6 The origins of true Christian ethics 6.

Environmentalism and the Institutional Churches 6.1 The role of religion in the environmental debate 6.1.1 Green grace and red grace 6.1.2 Game theory and environmental agreements 6.2 The debate about stewardship 6.3 Implications of church-led social activism for theology 6.

4 Meeting the approaching catastrophe 7. General Conclusion 8. Summary Appendix 1: How Natural Selection Works The modern synthesis The difference between information (genes) and materials (bodies) Variation Natural election and competition Adaptation: the long-term, accumulative process of change The major transitions of evolution Conflicts of interest and the levels of selection Altruism: the good of the species? Altruism between relatives: kin selection Altruism between unrelated individuals: reciprocity Altruism: multi-level and group selection Appendix 2: Some Organisations Supplying Relevant Information Glossary References Index.