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Abstract:
Among Christian NGOs dedicated to sustainable human and environmental health are a growing number that emphasize geology. "Ministries" with focus on water resources range from professional, such as Lifewater International and Water-For-Life, to those conducted primarily by college students, such as Wheaton College's Honduras Project, Student Missionary Project and HNGR (Human Needs and Global Resources) Program. Other student projects have undertaken erosion control, soils and sanitation, artisanal mining and earth-science education. These opportunities offer proven models inspiring academic training through religious faith, commonly with the added goal of training indigenous people to spread the good work as trainers themselves. Perhaps the future of engagement between geology and religion is much more positive than commonly perceived.
See more from this Division: Topical Sessions
See more from this Session: History of the Influence of Religion on Geology and Geology on Religion