Christian Environmental Stewardship: Rediscovering Place, Practice, and Virtue

Bys: Shephard, Samuel and Van Wart, T. Adam

Science, faith, and storytelling come together in this innovative guide to creation care.

What does faithful environmental care look like in practice? This groundbreaking book answers that question by weaving together cutting-edge sustainability science, enduring Christian teaching, and personal accounts of transformative experiences in nature.

Coauthored by an ecologist and a theologian who both love the outdoors, Christian Environmental Stewardship offers an innovative framework for person- and place-based stewardship. Through engaging prose enriched with personal stories, the authors highlight the importance of outdoor experiences where people form strong connections with local places and communities--connections that build virtue and lead to meaningful conservation efforts. The book's rigorous synthesis of science, theology, and storytelling is a welcome alternative to environmental conversations that can seem politically charged, disconnected from faith, or simply remote from lived experience.

Readers will discover practical pathways for effecting positive change in their local ecosystems while gaining deeper understanding of their place within creation. Christian Environmental Stewardship is an essential resource for educators and students at faith-based institutions as well as everyday Christians who are passionate about creation care.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802885063
• ISBN13: 9780802885067
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 252 Pages