The Wonders of Creation, Kristen Page
The Wonders of Creation, Kristen Page
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The Wonders of Creation
Learning Stewardship from Narnia and Middle-Earth

Author: Kristen Page

Narrator: Kristen Page

Unabridged: 3 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 11/29/2022


Synopsis

When an author of fiction employs the imagination and sets characters in a new location, they are in a sense creating a world.  Might such fictional worlds give us a deeper appreciation of our own?

Many readers have found themselves, like the Pevensie children, transported by C.S. Lewis into Narnia, and they have traveled from Lantern Waste to Cair Paravel and the edge of the sea.  Thanks to J.R. Tolkien, readers have also journeyed with Bilbo, Frodo, and their companions across Middle-earth from the Shire to the Lonely Mountain, the forest of Mirkwood, the mines of Moria, and the very fires of Mount doom.  But as often as we enter these fictional worlds as readers, we eventually return to our world refreshed and with sharpened insight.

In The Wonders of Creation, biologist Kristen Page explores the beloved fictional landscapes of Narnia and Middle-earth in order to discover what we might learn about real-life landscapes and how to become better stewards of God's good creation.

About The Author

Kristen Page (PhD, Purdue University) is Ruth Kraft Strohschein Distinguished Chair and professor of biolgy at Wheaton College.  Her work has appeared in scholarly journals, including The Journal of Wildlife Management, Journal of Parasitology, Journal of Wildlife Diseases, and Emerging Infectious Diseases.


Reviews

I received a complimentary copy of the ebook from the publisher. Opinions expressed are my own. Scripture Connection For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Isaia......more

Goodreads review by Emma

Dr. Page uses the pivotal works of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis to emphasize how important stewardship of the earth is for Christians in these three lectures. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the stories of Narnia and Middle Earth through this lens. and Dr. Page made some strong arguments about how thos......more

Goodreads review by Jodi

Dr. Page passionately and clearly lays out the value and beauty of creation, the threats to it, and a call to protect and return to it. I found the last two essays difficult and devastating to read with how jam-packed they were regarding the harm we over privileged humans are causing to the world an......more

Goodreads review by Alyse

Cool approach to eco-theology through the lenses of Lewis’s Narnia and Tolkien’s Middle Earth.......more