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A Brief History of the Cornwall Alliance—Part 2: A Withered Seedling

by E. Calvin Beisner

The Cornwall Alliance, the roots of which we saw in Part 1, almost got its start in 2000, though with different name, constituency, and mission.That was when the short-lived Interfaith Council on Environmental Stewardship got its start. It grew out of a meeting of 25 Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish theologians, economists, environmental scientists, and policy specialists in October 1999, at a retreat center in West Cornwall, CT.Sponsored by the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion … [Read more...]

Dated: August 12, 2021

Tagged With: Interfaith Stewardship Alliance, West Cornwall Connecticut
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Environmental Education, Environmental Organizations, Environmental Religion, Featured, Religion & Science

The Theologization of Global Warming Among American Evangelicals: Who Says Religion and Science Can’t Mix?

by E. Calvin Beisner

[Note: This essay was written in the summer of 2010 at the request of Dr. Patrick Michaels, intended for a book he was editing. His publisher declined to include it in the book because of its religious content. It was never published elsewhere until now. We hope it remains a helpful survey of the history of the debate over global warming among evangelicals up to that time.—ECB, March 11, 2016] Introduction In the last half decade there has been a blossoming of public concern about global … [Read more...]

Dated: March 11, 2016

Tagged With: "Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action", Al Gore, Arne Naess, Barrett Duke, Benjamin B. Phillips, Bill Moyers, Black Church Environmental Justice Network, Calvin DeWitt, cargo cult science, Carl Sagan, Carol J. Adams, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Charles Colson, Cliff Ollier, Climate Change, climate ethics, Climategate, Cornelis van Kooten, Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship, Cornwall Stewardship Agenda, Craig Vincent Mitchell, Creation Care, David Legates, David McKenna, David R. Legates, David Saperstein, Declaration of the Mission to Washington, Deconstruction, Deep Ecology, degradations of creation, Edward Wilson, Eric Chivian, Ernst Haeckel, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, Eva Kunseler, Evangelical Climate Initiative, Evangelical Declaration on the Care of Creation, Evangelical Environmental Network, Evangelical Environmentalism, evangelicals and global warming, Evangelicals for Social Action, Friedrich Nietsche, Global Warming, Global Warming the Complete Briefing, Gordon Aeschliman, Henry David Thoreau, Indur Goklany, Interfaith Council for Environmental Stewardship, Interfaith Stewardship Alliance, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, irrationalism, Jacques Derrida, James Dobson, James Lovelock, James Parks Morton, Jean-François Lyotard, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jerome Ravetz, Jim Ball, Joan Brown Campbell, John Carr, John Christy, John Houghton, John Muir, John Ruskay, Joint Appeal by Religion and Science for the Environment, Jonathan Merritt, Kevin McGrane, KUDOS, Let the Earth Be Glad, Ludwig Klages, Martin L. Weitzman, Michael Kinnamon, Michel Foucault, Mike Hulme, Ming-dah Chou, National Council of Churches, National Religious Partnership on the Environment, Nils-Axel Mörner, Normal Science, NRPE, Paul Driessen, Paul Gorman, Paul Thompson, Pete Geddes, philosophy of science, Post-Normal Science, Postmodernism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Renewed Call to Truth Prudence and Protection of the Poor, Richard Cizik, Richard Land, Richard S. Lindzen, Robert Dugan, Robert K. Merton, Robert Seiple, Ronald J. Sider, Ross McKitrick, Roy W. Spencer, Rusty Pritchard, Sally McFague, Silvio Funtowicz, Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change, Søren Kierkegaard, Stephen E. Schwartz, Stephen H. Schneider, Steve Hayner, Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Ted Haggard, Thomas Kuhn, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, United Jewish Appeal, Urgent Call to Action: Scientists and Evangelicals Unite to Protect Creation, World Vision, Yong-Sang Choi
Filed Under: Climate Policy, Environmental & Social Justice, Environmental Religion, Global Warming Science, Post-Normal Science, Religion & Ethics, Religion & Science

Global Warming Mainly Natural and Not Catastrophic, Says New Study from Interfaith Stewardship Alliance

by Cornwall Alliance

August 2, 2006 (Washington, D.C.) -- While global warming is real, catastrophic, human-induced global warming isn’t, and mandatory reductions in fossil fuel use to fight it are unwise, say the authors of “A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Response to Global Warming,” released publicly in Washington, D.C., by the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance (ISA) July 25. The paper is a point-by-point refutation of “Climate Change: A Call to Action,” issued in February by … [Read more...]

Dated: August 2, 2006

Tagged With: Climate Change: A Call to Action, Cornwall Alliance, ECI, Evangelical Climate Initiative, Interfaith Stewardship Alliance
Filed Under: Press Releases

ISA announces launch of Cornwall Network at Senate luncheon – Driessen

by Paul Driessen

Thank you for coming to this important event. I am here today not only as a representative of CORE, the civil rights organization that James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were working for when they were brutally murdered in Mississippi in 1964. I’m also here as an Eagle Scout, outdoorsman, Earth Day organizer – and former Sierra Club member and environmental activist. I say former, because (based on long personal experience) I have concluded that today’s environmental movement is … [Read more...]

Dated: April 19, 2006

Tagged With: Cornwall Alliance, Interfaith Stewardship Alliance, Kyoto
Filed Under: Climate & Energy, Economics, Poverty & Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Economics, Food, Health & Agriculture

ISA Announces Launch of Cornwall Network at Senate Luncheon

by Cornwall Alliance

Dr. E. Calvin Beisner addresses the crowd at the "Pulpits, Pews and Environmental Policy: How the Cornwall Declaration is helping define the mandate of Biblical stewardship" luncheon briefing. Before a packed room in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 19th, 2006, the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance (ISA), in conjunction with the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, and the Institute on Religion and Democracy, hosted a special Capitol Hill luncheon briefing entitled … [Read more...]

Dated: April 19, 2006

Tagged With: Cornwall Alliance, Interfaith Stewardship Alliance
Filed Under: Climate & Energy, Religion & Ethics

ISA Announces Launch of Cornwall Network at Senate Luncheon – Weitz

by Ralph Weitz

My name is Ralph Weitz, Stewardship Pastor for Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, VA. I have a degree in Forest Technology and a degree in Forest Management. As an evangelical pastor I take seriously the issue of God’s command to subdue and rule over the earth. It is a divine responsibility – a stewardship. That word reflects a responsibility of management. The religious community needs environmentally aware study materials that are sound scientifically and biblically insightful. We need to … [Read more...]

Dated: April 19, 2006

Tagged With: Cornwall Alliance, Cornwall Declaration, Interfaith Stewardship Alliance, U.S. Forest Service
Filed Under: Climate & Energy, Religion & Ethics

ISA announces launch of Cornwall Network at Senate luncheon – Tonkowich

by Rev. Dr. Jim Tonkowich

It’s hard to believe that it’s thirty years ago, but thirty years ago—almost to the date—I was with a group of college friends hiking Mount Washington from the west. We went up the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail to Lake of the Clouds. It was a bright sunny day and relatively warm for April in New Hampshire. The spring melt was pouring down the ravine in wonderful eddies and waterfalls, and there was still plenty of snow above timberline for some snow climbing to the summit. What a day. In fact we … [Read more...]

Dated: April 19, 2006

Tagged With: Cornwall Alliance, Interfaith Stewardship Alliance
Filed Under: Climate & Energy, Religion & Ethics

ISA announces launch of Cornwall Network at Senate luncheon – Beisner

by E. Calvin Beisner

Good afternoon. I’m Calvin Beisner, associate professor of social ethics at Knox Theological Seminary and a founder and spokesman of the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance. I want to thank the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Democracy and the Institute on Religion and Democracy, whose new president, Jim Tonkowich, will be one of our speakers today, for co-sponsoring this briefing. To all of you, welcome, and thank you for coming. We are excited today to launch what we are calling the … [Read more...]

Dated: April 19, 2006

Tagged With: Cornwall Alliance, Interfaith Stewardship Alliance
Filed Under: Climate & Energy, Religion & Ethics

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May 23, 2025 – Grand Rapids, MI

GR.Church, 4525 Stauffer Avenue Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI 49508

Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, Cornwall Alliance President, and Steve Goreham, Cornwall Alliance Board Member, will hold a symposium on Sustainable Energy, Climate Change, and the costs to YOUR life.  For tickets and more information, click HERE.

June 18-21, 2025–Dallas, TX

Cornwall Alliance will be a host of the Association of Classical Christian Schools’ (ACCS) annual Repairing the Ruins conference in Dallas, TX, and will have an exhibit booth.

Details and registration can be found HERE.

September 19-20–Arlington, VA

Dr Beisner will represent the Cornwall Alliance at the fall meeting of the Philadelphia Society and will have a literature table.

Attendance is for Society members and invited guests only. To inquire about an invitation, email Dr. Cal Beisner: Calvin@cornwallalliance.org.

September 26-27– Lynchburg, VA

Dr. Beisner will be speaking at the Christian Education Initiative Annual Summit, “Advancing Christ’s Kingdom Through Biblical Worldview Education.” 

Details and registration can be found HERE.

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