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Hescox, religion provides the “biblical imperative” to act, while so-called market-based solutions are the answer on how to achieve results.
But the groups try to downplay partisanship by emphasizing a moral obligation for action.įor Mr. Both EEN and the San Francisco-based Interfaith Power & Light, which encourages environmental stewardship among religious groups, were on Capitol Hill the past two weeks. The Evangelical Environmental Network and other faith-based organizations do not try to separate climate change from politics. in some ways, it’s framed really technically, as lobbying, litigation, and legislation.” It’s not seen as important, I think, because the environment is so highly politicized. “ doesn’t appear to have gained a lot of traction,” says Stephen Ellingson, a sociologist at Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., and author of “To Care for Creation: The Emergence of the Religious Environmental Movement.” “For a small number, it is primarily a moral and religious issue, but for many it’s not seen that way.
If they are successful, it could have a major impact on the way much of America views the issue, as evangelicals are estimated to make up nearly a third of the population. But some sociologists and historians doubt that reframing climate change as a moral responsibility can reverse deep-seated skepticism among some conservative Christians about environmentalism, especially among older generations of evangelicals who have associated it with the culture wars over abortion and same-sex rights. Groups like the Evangelical Environmentalism Network hope to change that. Still, most Americans do not yet associate climate change with religion and morality, according to the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. The idea has been around for decades, but has only started to gain traction among evangelicals recently, especially among Millennials. “That’s one of the reasons that I believe our community is growing to take more action, to protect God’s creations and to protect children.”Īssociating "pro-life" with "pro-environment" is just one branch of religious environmentalism, a movement that frames conservation in religious terms. Mitch Hescox, president and chief executive of the Pennsylvania-based Evangelical Environmental Network.
“When we talk about creation care in pro-life terms, in caring for our children, both born and unborn, 97 to 98 percent of people get it,” says Rev. Now, the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN), a nondenominational organization committed to “ creation care,” is promoting the argument that if you value life from its conception, you should value a clean Earth for the rest of a child’s life and for future children. Pope Francis said so in his 2015 encyclical on the environment and human ecology. The terms "pro-life" and "pro-environment" are not normally linked, but a growing number of Christian leaders insist they should be.
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