Science and religion haven't gotten along all that well lately. So it might come as a surprise that the one place that they are finding some common ground is in environmental studies.
How so? Well, the historic mission of many Christian colleges is to help students care for the world that God has given them. And that places the environment squarely on their curriculum.
Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, which grew out of the Wesleyan movement, offers a bachelor's in environmental science. St. Norbert, a Catholic college in Wisconsin founded by the Norbertine order, does too. Santa Clara University, a Jesuit school in California's Silicon Valley, offers both environmental science and environmental studies, and trumpets the fact that its alumni magazine is printed on paper and at a printing facility certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.
All of which leads me to Environmentalchristian's Weblog. Its author is a Baptist geologist pursing a master's of science in environmental geochemistry at Texas A&M. What he has to say about being a Christian and an environmentalist makes for very interesting reading indeed.
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