An ethics of biodiversity: Christianity, ecology, and the variety of life

Introduction: Christian ecological ethics and biodiversity

Defining biodiversity

The variety of life

Why biodiversity matters

Valuing life and ecosystems

The sacramental value of the variety of life

The levels of biodiversity

Scaling conservation

Multiscalar Christian ecological ethics

Political and morally formative conservation

Regulating biodiversity : the endangered species act and political conservation

Christian care for biodiversity : moral formation as conservation

Social justice and the conservation of biodiversity

Biological and cultural diversity

Diversities and justice

Conclusion: the work of conserving biodiversity.