Hot damned America: Evangelicalism and the climate change policy debate

American Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 645-668

  McCammack, Brian ^a  

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EID: 51249142240     PISSN: 00030678     EISSN: 10806490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aq.2007.0065     Document Type: Review

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