Green Backlash

The New York Times reports on an Evangelical backlash over environmentalism here.

Global Warming Survey

Nearly half of Protestant pastors believe global warming is a real man-made problem. About the same number disagree. A recent poll asked whether pastors strongly or somewhat agree that man-made global warming exists.

• 47% of all the pastors surveyed agreed
• 75% of mainline pastors agree
• 32% of evangelical pastors agree
• 61% of mainline pastors reported preaching about the environment several times a year or more
• 23% of evangelical pastors reported preaching about the environment several times a year or more

Source: LifeWay Research

The Gospel Of Green

Newsweek profiles Evangelical environmentalist Peter Illyn.

The Green Bible

The recently published Green Bible carries the endorsement of the Sierra Club and the Humane Society. But many conservative groups object to it and it does y Christian environmental groups like the Heartland Institute. The Bible has a foreword written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu. There is an environmental topic index with entries like pollution and water. So far, more than 37,000 copies have been printed.

The Green Bible

HarperCollins is publishing what its calling The Green Bible this fall. It will be printed on partly recycled paper using soy-based ink and highlight passages about caring for the earth. It’s $29.95 edition of the Good Book with essays and a study guide about the environment.