Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, authorJoint Publication Board of Zygon, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032004Rolston, Holmes, III, Caring for Nature: From Fact to Value, from Respect to Reverence, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 39, no. 2 (June 2004): 277-302. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2004.00574.xhttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/36765This is an electronic version of an article published in Zygon®: Journal of Religion and Science.Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-302).Despite the classical prohibition of moving from fact to value, encounter with the biodiversity and plenitude of being in evolutionary natural history moves us to respect life, even to reverence it. Darwinian accounts are value-laden and necessary for understanding life at the same time that Darwinian theory fails to provide sufficient cause for the historically developing diversity and increasing complexity on Earth. Earth is a providing ground; matter and energy on Earth support life, but distinctive to life is information coded in the genetic molecules that superintends this matter-energy. Life is generated and regenerated in struggle, persists in its perishing. Such life is also a gift; nature is grace. Biologists and theologians join in celebrating and conserving the genesis on Earth, awed in their encounter with this creativity that characterizes our home planet.born digitalarticleseng©2004 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.respect for naturereverence for naturegenetic informationvalue distinctionenvironmental conservationevolutionary natural historyfact distinctionorder versus contingencynature as graceTexthttps://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.2004.00574.x