| Abstract: | Theologians and scientists need to focus more on collaboration through common values than on theoretical integration. This article presents two such values: the enjoyment of beauty (the major theme) and secondly, the appreciation and sustaining of the natural world (minor theme). To some degree, it develops an ethic of sustaining nature through the value of beauty. It begins with a Reformed theology of beauty and then draws in related insights from scientists. In the second section, it unfolds the value of sustaining and appreciating the natural world. It concludes with questions for theologians and scientists as they pursue collaboration. |
