Food, Farming, and Faith -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. It Is All about Food -- Thanksgiving -- Other Food Associations -- A Matter of Life and Death -- 2. The Foundation of Stewardship -- Motivation -- In the Beginning -- Biblical Stewardship -- Loving What God Loves -- 3. Ecology in the Bible -- Living in the Central Flyway -- Holistic Thinking -- The Christian Environmentalist -- Genesis 1 -- The Population Problem -- Humans and Nature -- Biological Diversity and Species Extinction -- Other Ecological Issues -- Conclusions -- 4. Land and Climate -- The Best Land in the World -- Good Land -- God's Land -- Sabbath Rest for the Land -- Then What Should We Do? -- 5. Soil and Water -- Buried Fences -- Soil in the Bible -- Water -- What Is Essential? -- Essentials for Soil and Water -- Conclusions -- 6. Crops, Seeds, and Food -- Gardening Runs in the Family -- Kinds of Crops -- Seeds Are the Source -- Nurturing the Crop -- Harvesting, Storage, and Celebration -- The Essentials -- Conclusions -- 7. Livestock and Agriculture -- Cowboy Days -- Are Livestock Really Good for Us and the Environment? -- Livestock in the Ancient Writings -- Other Aspects of Animal Welfare -- Economic and Religious Factors -- The Essentials -- Conclusions -- 8. Farming Systems and the Practices of Agriculture -- A Good Mentor -- Systems Thinking -- Soil Tillage -- Nutrient Management -- The Wisdom for Farming -- Soil Tillage in the Bible -- Nutrient Management in the Bible -- The Essentials -- Conclusions -- 9. The Culture of Agriculture -- Teaching and Learning -- Farmers in the Beginning -- Land Tenure -- Labor and Financial Matters -- Food and Culture -- Ethics and Morality -- The Essentials -- Conclusions -- 10. Abuse, Poverty, and Women -- Poverty, Women, and Agriculture -- A Personal View of Poverty -- Proverbs on Poverty -- The Abuse of Women.

What Is Essential Here? -- 11. Food, Starvation, Obesity,and Diet -- The Idealism of Youth -- Hunger and Starvation -- Obesity -- The Biblical Diet -- A Different Model of Food Production -- Change -- 12. Agricultural Sustainability -- Complex Concepts of Agricultural Sustainability -- Metaphors of Agriculture -- Simple Facts -- Appendix 1: Abbreviations and Citation of Books in the Bible -- Appendix 2: An Overview of the Bible -- Appendix 3: The Essentials of Agriculture -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Index of Bible References.