ecology

This book can be useful to people of any religion. As a Christian, I was not offended, although I agree that the author definitely does not share my spiritual beliefs. We can all benefit from connecting to nature and developing a greater level of understanding/awareness/respect of the beauty that surrounds us... especially as children. Do not pass by this wonderful book because of a religious bias. Remove the wheat from the chaff, absorb the good information and ignore the rest.

You'll probably love the book if you are not an evangelical or charasmatic Christian. For those of us that are conservative Christians, however, it's too bad that Brown just can't help but include such gems as "peace, love, joy and a higher purpose...can only be found within ourselves" (They're a gift of the Holy Spirit and absolutely cannot be found within ourselves.) and "Refer frequently to water as earth mother's blood." ("Earth mother" is a diety worshipped by various cults.) That's just two that I found right now. When we first opened this book, it seemed there was something on every other page that was in contradiction to the Bible. Basically, Brown worships the creation rather than the Creator.

I present Stone Age technology in school programs. I find Brown's information quite useful.