RT Book
T1 The Gospel of Climate Skepticism: Why Evangelical Christians Oppose Action on Climate Change
A1 Veldman, Robin Globus
LA English
PP Berkeley, CA
PB University of California Press
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/168588976X
AB 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
AB 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
OP 332
NO restricted access online access with authorization star
CN GF80
SN 978-0-520-97280-3
K1 Anti-environmentalism : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Christian conservatism : United States : History : 21st century
K1 Climatic changes : Effect of human beings on : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 RELIGION / Religion & Science
K1 SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change
K1 NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection
K1 anti environmentalism
K1 anti science attitudes
K1 aversion to big government
K1 climate change
K1 climate skepticism
K1 climatology
K1 compelling
K1 conservative evangelicals and climate skepticism
K1 conservative evangelicals
K1 prevent evangelicals from climate change support
K1 promoted skepticism as biblical position
K1 science and religion
K1 theology
K1 white evangelicals
DO 10.1525/9780520972803