Abstract
Hope for the Land is the third book in the series Environmental Theology. In the first book, Baptized into the Wilderness: A Christian Perspective on John Muir, Austin develops a framework for a Christian appreciation of the natural world, and illustrates this framework from the writings of John Muir. The second book, Beauty of the Lord: Awakening the Senses, develops a framework for awareness of God's communication to us by an appreciation of the natural world, illustrated by the writings of Jonathan Edwards. A fourth book is projected, in which application of these principles is made to both personal ethics and environmental issues. The author has given much effort to these subjects both as a Presbyterian minister focusing on environmental theology and its associated political issues and also as an organic farmer.