Baker and Bilbro conclude that institutions guided by Berry's vision might cultivate citizens who can begin the work of healing their communities--graduates who have been educated for responsible membership in a family, a community, or a polity.
Jack R. Baker is associate professor of English at Spring Arbor University.
Jeffrey Bilbro, assistant professor of English at Spring Arbor University, is the author of Loving God's Wildness: The Christian Roots of Ecological Ethics in American Literature.