Welcome to Doomsday (New York Review Collections (Paperback))
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (732 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590172094 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 56 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Beyond the Rapture Credo Although I am a retired American Baptist pastor, I preach, now and then, at local Unitarian Universalist churches. I had been invited to preach in the Oaklandon Unitarian Universalist church of Indianapolis on September 28, 2008. As I thought about an opportunity which is demanding, I came acros. Preaching to The Choir Carioca56 Moyers is a Texan, which means he is surrounded by not just armadilllos but lots of science hating, bible-thumping bigots (just like Molly Ivins was), which means he has lots to write about, and this book isn't so much a poke in the eye of rednecks, it's a much needed, sad (because it's true) an
This brings us to the second definition of doomsday, as a day of final reckoning, for Christians the End Times leading up to the Second Coming. Himself a graduate of a Texas Baptist seminary, Moyers succinctly and decisively links the Bush administration's obdurate disregard for science and environmental realities to the corrosive influence of the Christian Right. Since Christian Fundamentalists see the Iraq War and attacks on Israel as necessary precursors to the Rapture, why should true believers worry about the biosphere? God will take care of his own until Christ returns and the saved are lifted u
He is the winner of more than thirty Emmy Awards, and the author of the bestselling books Listening to America, A World of Ideas, and Healing and the Mind. He lives in New York.BILL MCKIBBEN is a former staff writer for The New Yorker. He was one of the organizers of the Peace Corp
Written by the compelling and articulate Bill Moyers, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the current dismal state of environmental policy as well as in the growing power of the evangelical movement in the United States.. They live in anticipation of one event: the Rapture, when Christ will return to cleanse the earth while the true believers are transported to heaven. Global climate change is a rapid, possibly irreversible occurrence, yet the stance taken by the White House in both international and domestic arenas is one of both ignorance and disbelief. Appeasing the influential agendas of corporations, as well as the uncompromising dominant beliefs