Dr Norman Wirzba

Dr Norman Wirzba grew up farming in Western Canada, and now teaches in theology, philosophy, ecology, and sustainable/regenerative agriculture at Duke Divinity School and Duke’s Nicholas School for the Environment. In particular, he writes and speaks on matters that will enable people to live more faithfully and beautifully in the world. His current work focuses on helping Christians recover the deep insights of the doctrine of creation. He is the author and editor of several books, including The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age, Food and Faith: A Theology of Eating, Making Peace with the Land: God’s Call to Reconcile with Creation (with Fred Bahnson), and The Essential Agrarian Reader: The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land.

Norman’s two newest books are From Nature to Creation: A Christian Vision for Understanding and Loving our World (Baker Academic) and Way of Love: Recovering the Heart of Christianity (HarperOne).