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The human population's annual total consumption is not sustainable by one planet. This unprecedented situation calls for a reform of religious cultures that promote a large ideal family size. Many observers assume that Christianity is inevitably part of this problem because it promotes ‘family values' and that statistically, in America and elsewhere, Christians have a higher birth rate than non-religious people. This book explores diverse ideas about human reproduction in the church, past and present. It investigates an extreme fringe of U.S. Protestantism, including the Quiverfull movement, that uses Old Testament ‘fruitful' verses to support natalist ideas that promote higher fecundity. This book argues that natalism is inappropriate as a Christian application of Scripture, especially since rich populations' total footprints are detrimental to biodiversity and to human welfare.

ecology --- environment --- United States --- Bible --- biblical interpretation --- Protestantism --- natalism

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This book focuses on seven of the most important formal methods used to interpret the New Testament today. Several of the chapters also touch on Old Testament/Hebrew Bible interpretation. In line with the multiplicity of methods for interpretation of texts in the humanities in general, New Testament study has never before seen so many different methods. This situation poses both opportunities and challenges for scholars and students alike. The articles in this book introduce the latest methods and give examples of these methods at work. The seven methods are as follows: post-colonial, narrative, historical, performance, mathematical analysis of style; womanist; and ecological.

performance criticism --- biblical interpretation --- oral tradition --- communication --- relevance theory --- memory --- translation --- rhetoric --- Gospels --- Gospel of Mark --- Suetonius --- Life of Augustus --- historical reliability --- Bible --- New Testament --- ecotheology --- hermeneutics --- anthropocentric --- hierarchical dualism --- environment --- nature --- creation --- New Testament --- womanist --- Acts --- Paul --- Timothy --- race --- respectability --- interpretation --- intercontextuality --- racism --- Diaspora politics --- narrative criticism --- narratology --- literary terms --- literary criticism --- reader-response criticism --- New Criticism --- close reading --- Acts --- canonical Gospels --- characters --- Double Tradition --- interpunctions --- John --- Luke --- Mark --- Matthew --- own tradition --- Q Source --- Revelation --- statistics --- sentences --- Triple Tradition --- words --- word interval --- vernacular hermeneutics --- Australian spirituality --- colonial --- landscape --- crucifixion --- mercy --- New Testament --- n/a