Dr. Rowland Moss, Christian ecologist, info

Bill, I googled "Rowland Moss" in quotations marks and added "university"
for the search. That usually brings up the university web pages of
professors via google. I found this out about Dr. Moss, I assume it is
the same Dr. Roland Moss that you were inquiring about. Best, Ed
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The Reverend Professor Rowland Moss [Obit]
Rowland Moss, who chaired the Science Section in The Gospel as Public
Truth Consultation, died early in the year (1993) after a brief illness.
He is mourned by a widow, two married children and a world-wide circle of
friends, colleagues and admirers. This circle was considerably added to
through his splendid leadership of the scientists at Swanwick.
His early academic career included ten years in Nigeria, lecturing in Soil
Science. Later he had a Chair in Birmingham University, followed by a
Professorship in Salford and a spell as Salford's Vice Chancellor.
Finally, in the same university, he was Research Professor of Human
Ecology. In 1984 he was ordained to the Anglican Ministry and became
Environmental Officer for the Diocese of Chester.
Renowned in his chosen field, he was equally well-known as a dedicated
Christian and a profound biblically orientated thinker. In a remarkable
way his piety, his theology and his science were held together. This was
demonstrated in his lectures and conversations about the philosophy of
science, and his book "The Earth in Our Hands".
Dan Beeby
http://gospel-culture.org.uk/1993.htm
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If we must begin on a sombre note, it is as well to remember the words of
Rowland Moss, who as a human ecologist and a Christian was one of the
first in recent times to recall the Church to its environmental
conscience. He wrote in 1982 "Is the environmental challenge to... the
church but a part of the total moral challenge which is greater than the
sum of its individual components?... Is the whole situation much more
serious than we think (not for scientific or economic reasons, but for
moral reasons) in that we are already under God's judgement?"
http://en.arocha.org/bible/index6.html
Received on Wed Nov 10 15:40:03 2004