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