Not Easy, Being Green

I posted last week on Bill Moyers new PBS series, Moyers on America, and hope you were able to watch the first program, Capitol Crime. The second one airs tomorrow night, and it's the one I am really most anxious to see. Titled Is God Green?, it is an examination of the growing clash in the evangelical church over environmental issues, in particular global climate change:

A new holy war is growing within the conservative evangelical community, with implications for both the global environment and American politics. For years liberal Christians and others have made protection of the environment a moral commitment. Now a number of conservative evangelicals are joining the fight, arguing that man's stewardship of the planet is a biblical imperative and calling for action to stop global warming.

But they are being met head-on by opposition from their traditional evangelical brethren who adamantly support the Bush administration in downplaying the threat of global warming and other environmental perils. The political stakes are high: Three out of every four white evangelical voters chose George W. Bush in 2004. "Is God Green?" explores how a serious split among conservative evangelicals over the environment and global warming could reshape American politics.

Here is a preview of tomorrow night's documentary, which I hope will entice you to watch what promises to be a fascinating exploration of these issues.

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