Creationism and Global Warming Denial: Anti-Science’s Kissing Cousins?
Both evolutionary theory and climate change have scientific consensus, but explain that to state lawmakers seeking to ‘teach the controversy.’ This is broader than attacks on specific scientific disciplines. In a way, it doesn’t matter to them which scientific discipline they are criticizing—their main thrust is a denial of the validity of science itself
Claiming to oppose ‘scientific dogma’ climate change foes seek to ‘teach the controversy’ in schools.
Population Growth Divides Climate Change Advocates
As religious groups advocate for urgent measures to address climate change in poor nations, the role of reproductive justice gets swept under the rug.
Obama in Copenhagen: From an Embarrassment of Riches to a New Earth Ethic
Obama’s appearance at the climate change meeting is unlikely to change our “cheap-energy mind,” but alert faith leaders could begin the necessary Great Turning by showing their followers that conservation isn’t a sacrifice but a blessing.
Liberation Theology is Alive and Well
It wasn’t on CNN, but last month hundreds of theologians, activists, and indigenous people came together in Brazil to envision a new world; the gathering stressed diversity and sustainability, migration, and climate change.