Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorJoint Publication Board of Zygon, publisher2007-01-032007-01-031994Rolston, Holmes, III, Does Nature Need to be Redeemed?, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 29, no. 2 (June 1994): 205-229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1994.tb00661.xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/36766This is an electronic version of an article published in Zygon®: Journal of Religion and Science.Includes bibliographical references (page 229).In the light of evolutionary biology, the biblical idea that nature fell with the coming of human sin is incredible. Biblical writers, classical theologians, and contemporary biologists are ambivalent about nature, finding in natural history both a remarkable genesis of life and also much travail and suffering. Earth is a land of promise, and there is the conservation, or redemption, of life in the midst of its perpetual perishing. Life is perennially a struggling through to something higher. In that sense even natural history is cruciform, though human sinfulness introduces novel tragedy. Humans now threaten creation; nature is at more peril than ever before.born digitalarticleseng©1994 Joint Publication Board of Zygon.Copyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.redemptionsinsufferingwildnessconservation of naturecreationecological crisisevolutionnatural evilsnatureTexthttps://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1994.tb00661.x