Nature is still regarded with suspicion by some scholars, even within otherwise liberal Christian circles.1 As I explore nature is this paper, I want to acknowledge my debt to my current teacher of the Maori language, Victor Mokaraka, and to a non-Maori New Zealand philosopher, John Patterson, whose advocacy of Maori environmental values is both acute and compelling.

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Citation: , " Old and New Observers Agree, "The Hills ARE Alive with the Sound of Music"," SBL Forum , n.p. [cited March 2006]. Online:http://sbl-site.org/Article.aspx?ArticleID=505