Includes bibliographical references and index

The environmental problem -- Christian resources and the ethic of ecological justice -- Case studies and moral deliberation -- Rigor and responsibility : stewardship and consumption of limited resources -- Sustaining Dover : urban sprawl, habitat fragmentation, and sustainable communities -- Market mountain takeover : land exchanges and protection of old growth forests -- Saving Snake River salmon : endangered species and habitat restoration -- Taking on water : fairness and the cost of species conservation -- Sustainable energy futures : economic and ecological ramifications of U.S. energy policy -- Skull Valley : nuclear waste, environmental racism, and tribal sovereignty -- Chlorine sunset? : Toxic waste and the precautionary principle -- Harvesting controversy : genetic engineering and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa