Going Green: A Green Bible?
Jul 27th, 2008 by michelle
HarperOne is scheduled to release what it says is the industry’s first environmentally themed Bible, The Green Bible (NRSV), in fall 2008. The release will focus on the caring of the Earth through green-inked Scripture passages as well as input from Christian conservationists, theologians and practitioners and a “green trail guide” of Christian leaders through history.
“The Bible carries an important message about caring for the earth,” said Mark Tauber, vice president and deputy publisher of HarperOne. “Going green has become a top concern among many Christians as they begin to see protecting all of creation as a biblical obligation. Our Green Bible offers them a new lens to identify how caring for creation comes right out of the Scriptures.”
The Bible will be produced on special eco-friendly paper and cover material.
(Christian Retailing Newsletter, December 3, 2007)
I’m sorry, but I can’t help but wonder if Bible publishing is out of control. Going Green, Women’s, Men’s, Military, Survivor’s, etc are all themed-Bibles that I can come up with off of the top of my head. Some people have a shelf of Bibles where each Bible is dedicated to a different theme: Couple’s, Newly Married, Today’s Christian Women, eXtreme Living, etc (again)! It seems that this fuels the idol of materialism in today’s culture. My apologies for being critical but this just struck me this morning.
If you notice, I made personal remarks on this post. I also think it is quite strange. I definitely do not like the idea of all different type of Bibles.