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The new holy wars : economic religion vs. environmental religion in contemporary America
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The new holy wars : economic religion vs. environmental religion in contemporary America

Author: Robert H Nelson
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press ; [Oakland, Calif.] : Published in cooperation with the Independent Institute, ©2010.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Examines economics and environmentalism as competing public religions that derive from, and continue, a Christian worldview; argues that debates over global warming and other environmental issues are ultimately based on theological differences between their respective adherents"--Provided by publisher.
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Robert H Nelson
ISBN: 9780271035826 : 027103582X : 9780271035819 0271035811
OCLC Number: 323195561
Description: xxiv, 388 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Introduction : economic and environmental religions --
Part I. The false God of economic salvation --
ch. 1. What is "economic theology"? --
ch. 2. Theologies of 9/11 --
ch. 3. How much is God worth? --
ch. 4. Sustainability, efficiency, and God --
ch. 5. All in the name of progress --
Part II. Environmental Calvinism --
ch. 6. Unoriginal sin --
ch. 7. Calvinism minus God --
Part III. Environmental creationism --
ch. 8. Ecological science as a creation story --
ch. 9. Environmental creationism and Christian creationism --
ch. 10. Re-creating the creation --
ch. 11. Environmental colonialism : "saving" Africa from Africans --
Part IV. Environmentalism and libertarianism --
ch. 12. Frank Knight and economic Calvinism --
ch. 13. Libertarian environmentalism --
Conclusion : Religious challenges.
Responsibility: Robert H. Nelson.

Abstract:

"Examines economics and environmentalism as competing public religions that derive from, and continue, a Christian worldview; argues that debates over global warming and other environmental issues are ultimately based on theological differences between their respective adherents"--Provided by publisher.

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