EEN Book Club Fall 2025: Stewards of Eden
Join us this fall for our next season of EEN’s Beth Bond Memorial Book Club! This October and November we’ll be reading, contemplating, and discussing Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters by Dr. Sandra Richter.
Our weekly virtual meetings will take place Wednesdays at 12:00 pm ET, October 8 - November 5 and will be hosted by Rev. Dr. Jeremy Summers, EEN’s Director of Church and Community Engagement. Dr. Richter will also join our October 8 session for an interactive Q&A with participants!
Register for this season of book club at the link below.
Reading & Discussion Schedule:
Oct 8 | Week 1: Introduction & Chapter 1 (w/ Dr. Richter)
Oct 15 | Week 2: Chapters 2 & 3
Oct 22 | Week 3: Chapters 4 & 5
Oct 29 | Week 4: Chapters 6 & 7
Nov 5 | Week 5: Conclusion & Next Steps
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Sandra L. Richter cares about the Bible. She also cares about creation.
An expert in ancient Israelite society and economy as well as biblical theology, she walks readers through passages familiar and not-so-familiar, showing how significant environmental theology is to the Bible's witness. She then calls Christians to apply that message to today's environmental concerns.
Richter is a master Bible scholar. Each chapter draws out a biblical mandate about humanity's responsibility to care for the land, domestic and wild creatures, and people on the margins. She is also a master storyteller. Well informed on present-day environmental challenges, Richter includes case studies that connect the biblical mandates to current issues.
Though modern political alliances may tempt readers to sever Christian faith from environmental stewardship, in this concise and accessible book, Richter urges us to be driven by God's values instead.
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Sandra L. Richter (PhD, Harvard University) is the Robert H. Gundry Chair of Biblical Studies at Westmont College, a member of the Committee on Biblical Translation for the NIV, and widely recognized for her work in Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic history. She is best known in the church for The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament, the video courses that have grown from that project, and Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters. Her newest project, Abigail and the Waterfall: Loving God's Good Earth, is a children's book about stewarding the gifts of God's creation.
