{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-christian-environmentalism-ecology-virtue-and-ethics-paperback-1","title":"An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism: Ecology, Virtue, and Ethics - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathryn D. Blanchard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKevin J. O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42666714333280,"sku":"9781481301732","price":104.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/MEpUQmU2dmhwYXhOcnVhV3VlUko3UT09.webp?v=1774684228","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/an-introduction-to-christian-environmentalism-ecology-virtue-and-ethics-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}