Between God and Green: How Evangelicals Are Cultivating a Middle Ground on Climate Change

Between God and Green: How Evangelicals Are Cultivating a Middle Ground on Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-256

  Wilkinson, Katharine K ^a  

^a BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate action; Climate change; Community; Evangelical climate care; Public sphere; Religious community; Visionary leaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922401870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199895885.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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