Scholarly without being stodgy, in understandable and often winsome prose, An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism is a creative contribution to the fledgling field of Christian environmental virtue ethics. Drawing on a wide variety of sources—the Bible and papal encyclicals, Aquinas and Bonhoeffer, Wendell Berry and Dr. Seuss—Blanchard and O'Brien explain how the seven classic Christian virtues constructively address seven crucial ecological problems. An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism is an excellent book on an important topic.

Faithful, sensible, and constructive. An Introduction to Christian Environmentalism offers Christians a middle way between polarizing views about environmental problems. This well-written and insightful book demonstrates how the four moral virtues and the three theological virtues that have guided the church for millennia can help Christians address the complex environmental problems we face today.

This is an excellent book, written with brio and precision, about the most vital ecological and economic issues facing Christian theology today. Using Thomas Aquinas as their primary dialogue-partner, Blanchard and O'Brien interrogate the important role virtue-based theology can play in contemporary environmental debates about hydraulic fracturing, fossil fuels divestment, the urban antitoxics movement, ethical food choices, and the management of wild species. An excellent choice for college classrooms, reading circles, or church groups.