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03066aam a2200361 i 4500 001 F7381D702DF611EAB868BF0597128E48 003 SILO 005 20200103010057 008 190426t20192019caua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2019020049 020 $a 0520303679 020 $a 9780520303676 020 $a 0520303660 020 $a 9780520303669 035 $a (OCoLC)1088315450 040 $a CU-S $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d SLV $d YDX $d EAU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a GF80 V45 2019 100 1 $a Veldman, Robin Globus $e author. 245 14 $a The gospel of climate skepticism : $b why evangelical Christians oppose action on climate change / $c Robin Globus Veldman. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xiii, 316 pages : $b illustration ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-304) and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a "Why are white evangelicals the most skeptical major religious group in America regarding climate change? Previous scholarship pointed to 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 are not simply side effects of cognitive and doctrinal influences, but have become embedded in the social world and identity of many conservative evangelicals. Upending an assumption widely held by both scholars and the public--that skepticism is simply a side-effect of evangelicals' political or theological conservatism--the book shows that between 2006 and 2015, leaders and pundits associated with the Christian Right promoted skepticism widely 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"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Climatic changes $x Christianity. $x Religious aspects $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Anti-environmentalism $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Christian conservatism $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302020653.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F7381D702DF611EAB868BF0597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search