ABSTRACT
The Bible, some insist, does teach that man is rightly head of woman, and that men rightly hold the key position of leadership and authority in both home and church. In a similar way, some have argued that loyalty to the Bible should lead Christians to reject the pressures to endorse environmentalism. In other words, in a good deal of such biblical and theological reflection there has been an attempt to show that the biblical tradition contrary to the criticism of White offers positive and valuable resources for a stance of environmental action and concern. A stance of recovery, consistently pursued, reflects a strong commitment both to environmental values and to the authority and status of the Bible. This brief survey of some of the ways in which the Bible has been read in relation to ecological issues illustrates how diverse have been the reading strategies employed.
