Daniel G. Deffenbaugh

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Education
Occupation	Professor
Location	Hastings, Nebraska, United States
Introduction	I am Associate Professor of Religion at Hastings College. Most recently I have authored the book, Learning the Language of the Fields: Tilling and Keeping as Christian Vocation (Cowley, 2006). It is my hope that this blog can become a resource for pastors and Christian educators interested in exploring issues of theology, ecology, and integrated health. I happily grant permission for the fair use of quotes from this material.
Interests	Organic gardening, canning, cooking and baking, playing bluegrass music (guitar and banjo), world religions, literature, hiking, biking, ornithology, fly fishing, ecological theology, Jewish philosophy (e.g., Buber, Heschel), Paul Shepard, Hildegard of Bingen, Benedictine Oblates, sustainability, art history, Marc Chagall, social justice.
Favorite Movies	Smoke Signals, Harold and Maude, anything by Monty Python, Searching for the Wrong-eyed Jesus, Northfork, Citizen Kane.
Favorite Music	Po' Girl, David Rawlings and Gillian Welch, Old Crow Medicine Show, Carrie Newcomer, Wilco, Blue Rodeo, Bach's Mass in B Minor and St. Matthew's Passion, Chants of Hildegard of Bingen, Davy Spillane, Klezmer, World Music.