Black Protestants Are Skeptical of Global Warming

Via the Pew Forum:

I understand why white evangelicals are skeptical of human-caused climate change; there is a very strong anti-science strain in American evangelicalism, dating back to conservative Protestant’s clashes with their liberal and modernist counterparts in the late 19th century.  But I’m not really sure what explains or accounts for black Protestant’s skepticism of human-caused climate change.  It could be another example of conservative theological beliefs clashing with modern science, or it could be indicative of a distrust for science which I think has some currency in the broader African-American community.  Or, alternatively, it could be something else entirely.  What do you all think?

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