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Hope in an Age of Despair

Reviewed by Colin Selby.

If you are looking for a book which reviews the current state of our planet, possible changes likely to take place, and a careful biblical analysis of God’s work in creation and the Christians ground for hope – then this is for you.

Jonathan Moo is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Whitworth University, Washington and is qualified in wildlife ecology, and also theology. Robert White is Professor of Geophysics at the University of Cambridge, Director of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, and a Fellow of the Royal Society.

The authors’ “desire is that readers come away from this book with a renewed appreciation of the wonderful world that God has created, as well as a firm understanding of its present condition and the potential that we have to affect it. But most of all we aim to encourage a profound trust in the Creator and Redeemer God whose faithfulness is the only and ultimate ground of our hope”.   These aims are broadly achieved. There is a good index, a full list of biblical references and a section on “practical resources”.

This book is easy to read and is so full of valuable material that it could be a good holiday or sabbatical read. It could also be useful to undergraduates, busy pastors and sceptics who are searching for the relevance of a Christian approach to the future.  Have it on your shelf.