Global Warming, Creation Care, and the Environment

A Covenant with the Earth
Why the work of Christ makes all the difference in our care of creation.
By Matthew Farrelly
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The Joyful Environmentalists: Eugene Peterson and Peter Harris
The duo thinks of creation care not as an onerous duty but a natural response to the goodness of God.

Second Coming Ecology
We care for the environment precisely because God will create a new earth.

Speaking Out
The Gulf of Mexico and the Care of Creation
We exercise dominion over creation not only when we use it, but also when we conserve it.

What Cizik's Resignation Means for Creation Care
While some celebrate, others lament advocate's departure from National Association of Evangelicals.

'Books & Culture' Corner: Tending the Garden
Evangelicals and the environment.

Environmental Wager
Why evangelicals are—but shouldn't be—cool toward global warming.

Evangelicals have become the surprise (in many minds) proponents of policies promoting care for creation. Most evangelicals agree that stewardship of God's creation is a biblical principle, but many disagree on how stewardship should be executed. Below, we have collected Christianity Today's coverage of climate change and creation care.

News

Weeping for the Jordan
Revered river endangered by pollution, overuse.
by Michele Chabin, RNS, with reporting by Elizabeth Lawson | posted 8/28/2007

Climate Change Is Here to Stay
Debate over global warming has only intensified since conservatives targeted Cizik.
by Sheryl Henderson Blunt | posted 03/30/2007

Dobson, Others Seek Ouster of NAE Vice President
Interim president Leith Anderson says he supports Richard Cizik's work on creation care.
by Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service | posted 03/02/2007

Cool on Climate Change
New Christian coalition says fighting global warming will hurt the poor.
by Sheryl Henderson Blunt | posted 09/26/2006

The New Climate Coalition
Evangelical leaders bolster the fight against global warming.
by Sheryl Henderson Blunt in Washington, D.C. | posted 02/08/2006

Climate Change Briefing Brings Together Christian Aid Groups
Rising temperatures will disproportionately affect the poor, say analysts.
by R. Scott Nolen | posted 10/19/2004

Religious Leaders Rebuke Bush Administration Over Kyoto Protocol
Officials from the National Council of Churches, Presbyterian Church (USA), United Methodist Church, Disciples of Christ, and African Methodist Episcopal Church say U.S. must limit greenhouse gas emissions.
by Edmund Doogue | posted 4/6/2001

U.S. Churches Join Global Warming Debate
Environmental stewardship is an act of compassion toward the poor, say mainline Protestants and evangelicals, who are joining with other faith groups to reduce the effects of global warming.
(October 5, 1998)

Cleaning Up La Oroya
How American and Peruvian Christians teamed up when factory pollutants were poisoning children.
by Hunter Farrell | posted 04/20/2007

God's Green Acres
How Calvin DeWitt is helping Dunn, Wisconsin, reflect the glory of God's good creation.
by Tim Stafford | posted June 15, 1998

Greening of the Gospel?
Evangelical environmentalists press to add creation care to the church's mission.
by Randy Frame | posted November 11, 1996

Opinion

Heat Stroke
The climate for addressing global warming is improving.
A Christianity Today editorial | posted 09/16/2004

Environmental Wager
Why evangelicals are—but shouldn't be—cool toward global warming.
by Andy Crouch | posted 08/04/2005

Old-Fashioned Creation Care
Thrift and care for the environment go hand in hand.
by David P. Gushee | posted 07/16/2007

Why We Love the Earth
"Our belief in a Creator, not crisis scenarios, drives our environmental concerns."
Howard A. Snyder | posted 6/01/2001

Bald Eagles and Babies
The case for compassionate conservationism.
by John E. Silvius | posted 6/27/01

Eco-Myths
Don't believe everything you hear about the church and the environmental crisis.
by David N. Livingstone, Calvin B. DeWitt, and Loren Wilkinson | posted 6/27/01

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