A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-Based Decisions

by Andrew Farley, Katharine Hayhoe, Andrew Farley

Book Overview

A climate scientist and a pastor untangle complex science and tackle many long-held misconceptions about global warming as they explore the role Christian faith can play in guiding opinions on this important issue.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446549568
• ISBN13: 9780446549561
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Faithwords
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Would love to know if this book is from a millions of years perspective

Having not read this book, I wonder, is this argued from a "millions of years of earth history" perspective? I don't see how you have a climate professor defending the anthropomorphic warming theory and not. That doesn't bother me, to be expected. There are compromising Christians everywhere. WHAT IS ASTONISHING is that Andrew Farley is on board for such a work. He is a brilliant thinker and scholar. Surely he knows you can't have death before Adam 6000ish years go (even animal death) because fossils (showing cancer and horrible suffering) rule out a good God in a deep time-evolution scenario, clearly contradicting Genesis. Deep time and evolution are not scientific because of the endless problems it creates for the different sciences, and because it is overwhelming and demonstrably not the best deduction of the same scientific facts we all have. Many of us know that, but the public, and tragically, Christians, are not educated on these things. I should call into his live radio program and ask him. If I do, I will update my post.

Very good book!

Book was very informative. Was surprised at the amount of scientific evidence mixed with spiritual uplifting in clearing the air on global warming!

The science behind climate change - without political undertones!

I come from a very conservative Christian family who appreciates science and all it has done to improve our society, but is also skeptical of the science behind "liberal" agendas. Since people like Al Gore are outspoken on climate issues, many conservative Christians tend to think that climate change is strictly a democratic platform and therefore is not entirely scientific. "A Climate for Change" takes the political issues out of climate change and presents the hard science in an easy to read and logical format. Dr. Katharine Hayhoe is a climate science professor at Texas Tech University and served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. These credentials merit her expertise in the field of climate change. Dr. Andrew Farley is a linguist professor at Texas Tech University and pastor of a local evangelical church. His thoughts on Christianity, and our responsibility for the earth and its inhabitants, bring a special focus that no other books on climate change currently offer. I highly suggest buying this book for the conservative Christian in your family who can't seem to move past the political undertones of climate change. It presents the basic science behind our changing climate and debunks some commonly used arguments against human induced climate change (for example: "Don't scientists disagree whether climate change is currently happening and whether it is being caused and/or exacerbated by human actions?"-NO!)

A Christian Outlook on Global Warming

I recycle just about anything I can recycle. Cans, newspapers, plastic bottles. I compost and try to save water where I can. But I really never gave Global Warming much thought. When I did think about it, I figured a lot of what was being said out in the `world' was being blow out of proportion or was being used for political gain. After reading this book, my eyes have been opened more to the possibility that it's not really a political issue. There is proof that things are changing and it's mans fault that it's gotten this way. From the very beginning of this book I was drawn in. I was comforted in the very first statements of the authors. "We're Christians. We don't worship the earth. We worship the Creator of the universe. We believe that God spoke the world into existence and sustains it by His power. We believe that Jesus Christ is the way to eternal life, that the Bible is God's Word, and that nothing compare to the importance of the gospel message." I knew after reading that statement I would be able to gain a lot of wisdom and information.

Loving our global neighbors in light of climate change facts

I highly recommend reading this book. I read it in just a few sittings--I couldn't put it down! It was easy to read while at the same time efficiently explaining the science that goes into determining if global warming is truly happening. Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist, answers nearly every question or argument raised in this hot debate about global warming. For example, "Isn't the planet cooling; not warming?" Others ask, "Aren't sunspots producing the change?" And, "Don't scientists themselves disagree about the reality of climate change and its causes?" These questions and more are answered with sound scientific scholarship and a warm tone. Given the facts the authors lay out about global warming, how should we then live as the people of God? Along with Hayhoe, Andrew Farley--an evangelical pastor and linguist, gives a resounding answer that echoes the Hebrew prophets, Micah (see 6:8) and Isaiah (see 1:17), as well as Jesus himself when he summarized all of the Hebrew law and the prophets with this: "Love God; Love others." (Matthew 22:37-40) The Apostle Paul also said, "Love does no wrong to a neighbor." (Romans 13:10) How does all this relate to climate change? You've got to read this book!

The clearest book about climate change that you'll ever read

This is a wonderful book about climate change and what it means for Joe and Jane Q. Public. The discussion of climate science is crisp, intuitive, and non-political. For anyone whose sister-in-law ever said "oh, it's cold today, I guess global warming is over," this is the book for you. It's a collaboration between a top climate scientist, Katharine Hayhoe, and a leading linguist (to whom she happens to be married). Both are fine writers to start with, but like Lennon and McCartney, they bring out each other's best work. The climate scientist, Dr. Hayhoe, is one of the lead authors of the influential report (issued in June 2009) by the US Global Change Research Program about the likely impacts of climate change in the U.S. Dr. Hayhoe knows her science, but she also knows how to communicate vividly to a lay audience. And her husband, Andrew Farley, does the same in explaining why evangelicals should be concerned about a changing climate. Kudos to the good Professors for this one.