An early work of environmental theology, and an uncommon book, especially in dust jacket. Santmire was a graduate of Harvard Divinity School and a lecturer at Wellesley College. Per the jacket: ""Convinced . that this time of crisis requires a religious vision that will teach us to say, in the depths of our being, ""brother earth, the author lays the foundation for theology of nature . [and] provides a sturdy framework for his own theses by drawing on the Bible and theologian tradition as well as the thought of Luther and Calvin, Thoreau and Marx, Tillich and Barth."" Cited as recommend reading in Robert Cahn's Footprints on the Planet.A near fine book with lightest bumping to lower corners and a modest ownership signature plus pencil erasure mark to upper corner of the front free endpaper; in a very good or better price-clipped jacket with similar bumping to lower corners, rubbing, and one short tear to upper rear panel near spine.