| The extent to which environmental and religious values are emphasized and integrated in outdoor educational ministry programs of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was examined through survey research of PCUSA church camps. The results indicated that environmental values are not emphasized or integrated with religious values. Based on the results and review of both theological and environmental literature, a new paradigm is required in outdoor educational ministry to better integrate environmental and religious values and contribute to a re-formation of Christian beliefs and practices to ground the relationship between God and God's creation, including humanity, more ecologically and holistically. |
