The Gospel of Climate Skepticism: Why Evangelical Christians Oppose Action on Climate Change

Why are white evangelicals the most skeptical major religious group in America regarding climate change? Previous scholarship has pointed to cognitive factors such as conservative politics, anti—science attitudes, aversion to big government, and theology. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, The Gospel of Climate Skepticism reveals the extent to which climate skepticism and anti—environmentalism have in fact become embedded in the social world of many conservative evangelicals. Rejecting the c...