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Drawing on Wendell Berry’s “A Vision,” this article explores how literature can shape a theological vision of creation, climate change, and hope. Through reflections on writers including Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Richard Powers, it considers how stories can help us imagine creation not simply as something to preserve, but as a sacramental gift that calls us toward faithful care.

Why do some Christians resist environmental concern while others embrace it? Jonathan R. Wilson argued that attitudes toward creation care are often shaped by deeper beliefs about the incarnation, atonement, and eschatology. Recovering a fuller doctrine of creation, he suggested, can help Christians see environmental stewardship as a faithful response to the God who creates, redeems, and will renew all things.