The Other Journal: Environment: 28

The Other Journal is a space for Christian interdisciplinary reflection at the intersection of theology and culture. TOJ tackles the cultural crises of our time with verve and slant advancing a progressive provocative and charitable response in sync with the peacefully contrarian Christ. In this issue we address the theme of environment by visiting the barren moonscapes of Appalachia the tobacco fields of Kentucky an air-conditioned office in the Bronx and urban Midwestern streets that are blighted with trash. We read the foreign language of animal footprints in the sandy soil at the base of Mount Hood. And in all this we seek to envision a kingdom of God that encompasses each fruit flower and herb. Our environment issue features writing by Karen Brummund Daniel Castillo Samuel F. Chamelin Ruthanne SooHee Crapo Mary DeJong Michael J. Iafrate Glen A. Mazis Brett McCracken Kris Pint Dave Pritchett Meaghan Ritchey Remco Roes Leah D. Schade Paul J. Schutz and Catherine Wright; interviews by Jonathan Hiskes and Jessina Leonard with Norman Wirzba and Aaron Canipe respectively; poetry by Maryann Corbett Kris Pint Daniel Tobin and Jeanne Murray Walker; an art installation by Sara Bomans Tom Lambeens and Remco Roes; and photography by Karen Brummund Aaron Canipe Mary DeJong Rob Jefferson Remco Roes and Kristof Vrancken.