Booklist: Agriculture, Ecology, Food

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Written By Daniel Zimmerman

We got the idea of building an abbey from our sister church, Church of the Redeemer, in Greensboro, NC. They operate The Farm — an eight-acre plot of “sacred gardens” that they cultivate to “regenerate ecosystems” and “produce abundant food to nourish congregants, community members, and food insecure neighbors.” The following books on agriculture, ecology, and the theology of food have informed their vision and values. Check them out!

  • For the Life of the World, Alexander Schmemann

  • From Nature to Creation, Norman Wirzba

  • Introducing Evangelical Ecology, Daniel Brunner, Jennifer Butler, and A.J. Swoboda

  • Living the Sabbath, Norman Wirzba

  • Place, Ecology and the Sacred, Michael Northcott

  • Rooted and Grounded, var. writers

  • Scripture, Culture and Agriculture, Ellen F. Davis

  • The Bible and Ecology, Richard Bauckham

  • The Grace of Enough, Haley Stewart

  • The Spirit of Food, var. writers

 
Daniel Zimmerman

Daniel and his wife Kara moved from Tennessee to Virginia in 2013 for him to pursue a graduate degree in English literature. He just finished his Ph.D. in English at the University of Virginia, where he wrote on images of the Eucharist in medieval and early modern drama. Between his degrees, he taught middle and high school English for four years. Now, Daniel directs the Abbey for Church of the Lamb. Daniel and Kara have four children — Abel, Lucy, Isaac, and Ivy.

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