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This program explores how a serious split among conservative
evangelicals over the environment and global warming could reshape
American politics.
A new holy war is growing within the evangelical community, with
stakes for the Earth and American politics. For over a decade
liberal Christians have made the environment a moral commitment.
Now some conservative evangelicals as well are standing up for the
Earth as a Biblical imperative of stewardship. From a dynamic
conservative church in Boise, Idaho, to an evangelical activist
group known as "Christians for the Mountains"in West Virginia,
grassroots believers are speaking out. So are some
conservative evangelical leaders at the national level who have
called for action to stop global warming. But they are being
met head-on with opposition from religious right political figures
like Jerry Falwell and James Dobson, who are pillars of the
right-wing coalition that adamantly supports the Bush
administration in downplaying the threat of global
warming. The political stakes are high: three out of
every four self-identified white evangelical voters cast their
ballots for George W. Bush in 2004. The program explores how a
serious split among conservative evangelicals over the environment
and global warming could reshape American politics.