To Care for Creation: The Emergence of the Religious Environmental Movement

by Stephen Ellingson

Book Overview

Controversial megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll proclaimed from a conference stage in 2013, "I know who made the environment and he's coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV." The comment, which Driscoll later explained away as a joke, highlights what has been a long history of religious anti-environmentalism. Given how firmly entrenched this sentiment has been, surprising inroads have been made by a new movement with few financial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022636738X
• ISBN13: 9780226367385
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"