An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism: Ecology, Virtue, and Ethics

Christians share a common concern for the earth. Evangelicals emphasize creation care; mainline Protestants embrace the green movement; the Catholic Church lists '10 deadly environmental sins,' and the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch has declared climate change an urgent issue of social and economic justice. An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism is a textbook that examines seven contemporary environmental challenges through the lens of classical Christian virtues. Authors Kathryn Blachard and Kevin O'Brien use these classical Christian virtues to seek a 'golden mean' between extreme positions by pairing each virtue with a pernicious environmental problem.