Abstract
In this study, we examine the interrelationship between language, faith, gender, and environmental attitudes, revealing how men's andwomen's language within their denominational faith perspectives prescribe competing environmental behaviors. We interviewed students at three west Michigan seminaries, dividing each seminary group into men and women participants. Each group listened andresponded to a set of real-life narratives and Biblical verses. In an attempt to understand the seminarians' environmental perspectives, we conducted a rhetorical analysis of the discussions of the men's and women's transcripts. A distinction between the men's and women's views and relationships to nature was evident through themes, language used, and stories told. Women at the Reformed seminaries expressed a personal connection to place and a vision of nature as part of their community, indicating that these future ministers may be more likely to work with their congregations on environmental issues.
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