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“Climate Change”: A Leap of Faith?

by E. Calvin Beisner

Tonight at Duke University there will be a panel discussion titled “Climate Change Not a Leap of Faith.” Among the event hosts is the group Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, an offshoot of the Evangelical Environmental Network. They and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, the Nicholas School of the Environment, and the Kenan Institute for Ethics are bringing in the Nicholas Institute’s Amy Pickle, the Nicholas School’s Megan Mullin, the Kenan Institute’s David … [Read more...]

Dated: April 6, 2016

Tagged With: Amy Pickle, Christian apologetics, Classical Readings in Christian Apologetics, Climate Change Not a Leap of Faith, Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University, David Legates, David Toole, Evangelical Environmental Network, Evangelical Scientists and Academics, Existentialism, Gordon H. Clark, John Warwick Montgomery, Katharine Hayhoe, Kenan Institute for Ethics, leap of faith, Megan Mullin, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Nicholas School of the Environment, Roy Spencer, Russ Bush, Søren Kierkegaard, The Suicide of Christian Theology, What Is Saving Faith?, Young Evangelicals for Climate Action
Filed Under: Bridging Humanity and the Environment, Climate Policy, Environmental Education, Global Warming Science, 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

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Future Speaking Engagements

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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