The environmental movement both echoes and challenges traditional Judeo-Christian views about humankind's proper relationship to the natural world. Ten scholars and activists here explore--and clash over--some of the scientific, religious, moral, philosophical, economic, and political claims advanced by contemporary environmentalists.

Among the topics examined critically are the theological implications of biocentrism; global warming, the Rio Treaty, and the use of failed computer forecasts of temperature changes as the basis for public policy; "green totalitarianism" and the global-management perspective of environmentalists; and the relative merits of governments and markets in dealing with ecological problems.

Contributors: Charles T. Rubin, Andrew Kimbrell, Patrick J. Michaels, Christopher Flavin, Gregg Easterbrook, Ronald Bailey, Thomas Sieger Derr, James A. Nash, Peter J. Hill, and Andrew Steer.