Ryan P. Cumming, program director, Theological Ethics and Education, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and senior lecturer, Loyola University of Chicago School of Continuing and Professional Studies

There is no shortage of books on the climate crisis or the economy. Few, however, so deftly weave robust analysis within an invitation to be part of an unfolding story of hope, courage, and justice in a world that sorely needs all three. Moe-Lobeda’s book is both a challenge to us to consider the real environmental, social, economic, and human costs of “normal” behaviors and an inspiration to imagination and creativity. Her writing glides between the deeply personal story of her own journey as a scholar-activist and penetrating critique of economies that extract far more from our environment and lives than just tangible resources. Moe-Lobeda looks to art, religion, and social movements to find liberative “fragments” (ala David Tracy) that ground renewed hope, connect spirituality to socio-economic activity, and invite readers to forge new “pathways for people of courage.” Moe-Lobeda’s book is an engaging, challenging, accessible start to what should be a highly anticipated series.