“I can’t help but imagine the sheer impact a faith-based movement could have on expediting climate action. Scott Coleman agrees. “I think that if our faith leaders in the south were more outspoken about the importance of creation care, it would go a long way in helping to depoliticize environmental issues in our region,” he says. “And if we could depoliticize environmental stewardship in the south, imagine the progress we could make with elevating environmental stewardship in southern culture.””
As part of our new column about the American south and climate change, we go towards Christians who have been resistant to ideas of environmental stewardship – perhaps it?s a message they need to hear in their own terms