Although both authors fixate on the environment, Raven's focus is on society's aggregate affect on the terrestrial environment, whereas Kimball concentrates on the isolated individual and spirituality as well as the terrestrial environment. The parallels and contradictions between these two authors has changed my thinking through making it undeniable to me that I am a part of the intrinsic dilemma of furthering ecological sustainability, and helping all of God's children along the path. Kimball's focus is on the eternal perspective of things, and has somewhat of a higher understanding of what is eternally important than Raven does. Raven does a good job in what he wrote, but tends to focus on the temporal things of this world. Both advocate for taking better care of the environment, they just differ when it comes to applications of their philosophies, Kimball on individual behavior and Raven on the whole society. There...