Pope Francis is releasing an unprecedented encyclical this Thursday. For those in the know, itâ??s a big deal. In Catholic terms, a papal encyclical is a formal letter that is intended to end theological debate on a given question. An encyclical itself is not so unusual. Whatâ??s unprecedented is the topic of this one: climate change.
Over the past year, as the buzz in climate circles built around the encyclical, one of the most frequent and hopeful questions Iâ??ve been asked is: what will this mean to US evangelicals? Will this finally turn the climate issue around?
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