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

Abstract

Introduction: Economic and environmental religions -- The false God of economic salvation -- What is "economic theology"? -- Theologies of 9/11 -- How much is God worth? -- Sustainability, efficiency, and God -- All in the name of progress -- Environmental Calvinism -- Unoriginal sin -- Calvinism minus God -- Environmental creationism -- Ecological science as a creation story -- Environmental creationism and Christian creationism -- Re-creating the creation -- Environmental colonialism : "saving" africa from Africans -- Environmentalism and libertarianism -- Frank Knight and economic Calvinism -- Libertarian environmentalism -- Conclusion: Religious challenges

"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