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Biblical scholar Ellen Davis is helping to shape a new approach to thinking about human domination of the Earth and its creatures. With her friend, the farmer and poet Wendell Berry, they speak to our collective grief at destruction of the natural world and nourish a "chastened" yet "tenacious" hope.
"Day Three of Creation"
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» "How to Be a Poet"
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» "The Man Born to Farming"
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» "The Peace of Wild Things"
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» "Sabbaths - 1979, IV"
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» "Sabbaths - 1985, I"
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» Bedding Wendell Berry with Music
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» Speaking with Farmers
A video clip of Joel Salatin in Food Inc prompted by Ellen Davis' comments on the stewardship of land.
This sustainability feature is supported by the Kendeda Sustainability Fund of the Tides Foundation.
Ellen Davis
Davis is the Amos Ragan Kearns Distinguished Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke University Divinity School in North Carolina. She's also the author of Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible.
Wendell Berry
Berry is a farmer, poet, and moral essayist who has published more than 40 books. He lives in Port William, Kentucky.
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