{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-christian-environmentalism-ecology-virtue-and-ethics-9781481301732","title":"An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism: Ecology, Virtue, and Ethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristians 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook examines seven contemporary environmental challenges through the lens of classical Christian virtues. Authors Kathryn Blanchard 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents are thus led past political pitfalls and encouraged to care for other creatures \u003ci\u003eprudently\u003c\/i\u003e, to develop new energy sources \u003ci\u003ecourageously\u003c\/i\u003e, to choose our food \u003ci\u003etemperately\u003c\/i\u003e, to manage toxic pollution \u003ci\u003ejustly\u003c\/i\u003e, to respond to climate change \u003ci\u003efaithfully\u003c\/i\u003e, to consider humanity's future \u003ci\u003ehopefully\u003c\/i\u003e, and to engage \u003ci\u003elovingly\u003c\/i\u003e in advocacy for God's earth. Readers will emerge from this text with a deeper understanding of contemporary environmental problems and the fundamentals of Christian virtue ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathryn D. Blanchard is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Alma College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKevin J. O'Brien is Associate Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Baylor University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50338259271954,"sku":"9781481301732","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8490fba8-6278-439e-9456-7e219d82dfaf.jpg?v=1727979984","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-christian-environmentalism-ecology-virtue-and-ethics-9781481301732","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}