The Gospel of Climate Skepticism: Why Evangelical Christians Oppose Action on Climate Change
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE. WHY TRADITIONALIST EVANGELICALS ARE CLIMATE SKEPTICS -- 1. The End-Time Apathy Hypothesis -- 2. Practical Environmentalism -- 3. End-Time Beliefs and Climate Change -- 4. The Embattled Mentality and Climate Skep...
| Summary: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE. WHY TRADITIONALIST EVANGELICALS ARE CLIMATE SKEPTICS -- 1. The End-Time Apathy Hypothesis -- 2. Practical Environmentalism -- 3. End-Time Beliefs and Climate Change -- 4. The Embattled Mentality and Climate Skepticism -- 5. How Evangelical Subcultural Identity Sustains Climate Skepticism -- 6. Salt and Light: Skeptical Environmental Stewards of the Southern Baptist Convention -- PART TWO. HOW SKEPTICISM BECAME THE BIBLICAL POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE -- 7. Preaching the Gospel of Climate Skepticism -- 8. Awakening the Sleeping Giant -- Epilogue -- Appendix A. Methods -- Appendix B. A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change -- Appendix C. Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Why are white evangelicals the most skeptical major religious group in America regarding climate change? Previous scholarship has pointed to cognitive factors such as conservative politics, anti-science attitudes, aversion to big government, and theology. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, The Gospel of Climate Skepticism reveals the extent to which climate skepticism and anti-environmentalism have in fact become embedded in the social world of many conservative evangelicals. Rejecting the common assumption that evangelicals' skepticism is simply a side effect of political or theological conservatism, the book further shows that between 2006 and 2015, leaders and pundits associated with the Christian Right widely promoted skepticism as the biblical position on climate change. The Gospel of Climate Skepticism offers a compelling portrait of how during a critical period of recent history, political and religious interests intersected to prevent evangelicals from offering a unified voice in support of legislative action to address climate change |
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| Item Description: | restricted access online access with authorization star |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 0520972805 |
| Access: | Restricted Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1525/9780520972803 |