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“From Climate Control to Population Control: Troubling Background on the ‘Evangelical Climate Initiative”

A joint paper of the Institute on Religion and Democracy and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty which claims that the support of the Evangelical Climate Initiative by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, which also underwrites family planning initiatives, as evidence that support for intervention in climate change could lead […]

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“A Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change”

Declaration released in 2008 by the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative underscoring their belief in human-induced climate change and the responsibility of Baptists to care for the environment. The declaration shares large portions of language with the Evangelical Climate Initiative’s “Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action.”

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“A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor: An Evangelical Response to Global Warming”

Statement released by the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation (formerly the Interfaith Stewardship Alliance) in 2006 and updated in 2009. The statement is a response to the Evangelical Climate Initiative’s “Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action.” The Alliance uses the statement to outline their disagreement with the ECI’s conclusion that climate change […]

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“The Cornwall Declaration on Environmental Stewardship”

Interfaith declaration published in 2000 and signed by over 1,000 individuals from the Catholic, Jewish and Protestant communities as well as other layman, pastors and religious leaders. The declaration defends the concept of human dominion over the Earth and the importance private property rights trumping government regulations.

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How can a religion writer get more religion news stories into the paper or on air? By Michael Paulson The Boston Globe* In my experience, editors are always hungry for good stories about any subject, and religion is no exception. To get more religion stories into the paper, apply the same rigorous reporting and writing […]

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Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation

The Kolbe Center for the Study of Creation is a Roman Catholic lay apostolate that promotes the teachings of Genesis, especially with regard to creation. It is based in Mount Jackson, Va., and directed by Hugh Owen.

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