The Problem of Dualistic Worldviews in a Season of Climate Change
Abstract This article addresses the dualistic worldview surrounding climate change to be found among evangelicals in the United States. Since the majority of the traditionalist American evangelicals identify themselves with the Republican party, their views towards climate change tends to be highly...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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International journal of public theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 216-234 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDG Free church NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Cornwall Alliance
B politics of climate change B climate scepticism B Evangelicalism B Dualism |
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| Summary: | Abstract This article addresses the dualistic worldview surrounding climate change to be found among evangelicals in the United States. Since the majority of the traditionalist American evangelicals identify themselves with the Republican party, their views towards climate change tends to be highly skeptical: they tend to favour policies that protect the free-market economy. The Cornwall Alliance and its evangelical constituency, in particular, has provided a ground for a critical discussion concerning an association of Christian faith with conservative political ideologies from a particular biblical viewpoint. The key framework in the Alliance’s theological claims against environmentalism in general is an assumed dualism. This interpretive lens increases political bias/prejudice thereby impeding constructive discussion and a much needed co-operation between parties in the era of climate change. |
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| ISSN: | 1569-7320 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal of public theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341655 |