Interesting topic - I suspect that people use the bible rather indiscriminately to make it say whatever they want it to say. Hence you find Christians with a very wide range of ecological worldview.

I think I'd struggle to say that western christianity was 'ecologically bankrupt' on the basis that tarrs everyone with the same brush, when the truth is that many christians are working very hard to make changes. As a whole, Christians are pretty apathetic - but how much of that is due to societal influences and how much due to church-think? Also, I suspect that on the whole, Christianity has become rather a marginalised activity in most peoples' lives (ie 'I do church, you play golf, he plays scrabble').

Anyway, interesting as ever Joe. I look forward to reading the rest.

JT