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Ecology is all about sustaining vital connections. Understanding these connections, however, is not easy. We need the help of philosophers and—at least according to Joseph Bracken—theologians too. This challenging book undertakes the important work of exploring a wide variety of ideas on the complex relationships that tie life, evolution, and humanity to the physical universe and to God. Those who follow its expositions and arguments will be amply rewarded.

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John Haught, Georgetown University

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Without a view of the world that privileges interrelatedness, events, and systems, major problems of our world will remain unsolved. In this book, Joseph Bracken lays out a conceptual framework that explains why sytsems-oriented thinking matters. His proposal represents a way of seeing reality that not only makes sense but seems necessary to answer our biggest questions!

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Thomas Jay Oord, author of Open and Relational Theology