The new holy wars
Subtitle: economic religion versus environmental religion in contemporary America
By: Robert H. Nelson.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press; Penn State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: University Park, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780271035819
Subjects: Economics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Environmentalism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Economics -- United States; Environmentalism -- United States
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Economic and environmental religions; title: The false God of economic salvation; title: What is "economic theology"?; title: Theologies of 9/11; title: How much is God worth?; title: Sustainability, efficiency, and God; title: All in the name of progress; title: Environmental Calvinism; title: Unoriginal sin; title: Calvinism minus God; title: Environmental creationism; title: Ecological science as a creation story; title: Environmental creationism and Christian creationism; title: Re-creating the creation; title: Environmental colonialism : "saving" africa from Africans; title: Environmentalism and libertarianism; title: Frank Knight and economic Calvinism; title: Libertarian environmentalism; title: Conclusion: Religious challenges.