8. Awakening the Sleeping Giant

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE. WHY TRADITIONALIST EVANGELICALS ARE CLIMATE SKEPTICS
7. 1. The End-Time Apathy Hypothesis 25
8. 2. Practical Environmentalism 47
9. 3. End-Time Beliefs and Climate Change 69
10. 4. The Embattled Mentality and Climate Skepticism 86
11. 5. How Evangelical Subcultural Identity Sustains Climate Skepticism 114
12. 6. Salt and Light: Skeptical Environmental Stewards of the Southern Baptist Convention 132
13. PART TWO. HOW SKEPTICISM BECAME THE BIBLICAL POSITION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
14. 7. Preaching the Gospel of Climate Skepticism 161
15. 8. Awakening the Sleeping Giant 190
16. Epilogue 215
17. Appendix A. Methods 223
18. Appendix B. A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change 229
19. Appendix C. Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action 235
20. Notes 241
21. Bibliography 273
22. Index 305