Alan Werritty

Environment, Economy, and Christian Ethics

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“"This is a book that needs to be read by those interested in environmental issues irrespective of their religious faith and people who do not see themselves as holding a particularly religious view of the world. For Christians, the book presents the first exposition of the various Christian positions held regarding environmental degradation and how to deal with it. It is deliberately nontechnical, and the author has gone to tremendous lengths to clearly explain many of the more complex ideas from environmental and welfare economics for noneconomists. The author has drawn clear and logical threads connecting various Christian world views to globalization, corruption, and other key developments that may underpin the increasing concern for the environment. In particular, the analysis makes it clear that there is no single Christian ‘position’ on either the environment or the economy itself in terms of cause, effect, or solutions. One big advantage of this book is that each of its seven chapters can be read independently according to the readers’ particular interest which may be the idea of sustainability, ethical decision making, Christian activism on the environment, or policy prescriptions. Whichever way the reader approaches this new book, he or she will most certainly be engaged by the quality of exposition, the validity and fairness of the arguments, and the increasing importance of environmental economics to well-established theological ideologies in Christianity and beyond." —John Adams The British University in Egypt “This is a timely addition to the literature on how Christians can address and engage with issues arising from global environmental change. It deftly links ecological economics with eco-theology and demonstrates not only how one can inform the other but how jointly they can trigger changes in how we chose to live.””