God and the Green Divide: Religious Environmentalism in Black and White (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520291164)

American environmentalism historically has been associated with the interests of white elites. Yet religious leaders in the twenty-first century have helped instill concern about the earth among groups diverse in religion, race, ethnicity, and class. How did that happen and what are the implications? Building on scholarship that provides theological and ethical resources to support the "greening" of religion, God and the Green Divide examines religious environmentalism as it actually happens in the daily lives of urban Americans. Baugh demonstrates how complex dynamics related to race, ethnicity, and class factor into decisions to "go green." By carefully examining negotiations of racial and ethnic identities as central to the history of religious environmentalism, this work complicates assumptions that religious environmentalism is a direct expression of theology, ethics, or religious beliefs.

Author: Amanda J. Baugh
ISBN-10: 0520291166
ISBN-13: 9780520291164
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 10/04/2016
Pages: 205
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2017