Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History, Baylor University

Philip Jenkins was educated at Cambridge University, and for many years taught at Penn State. He is presently Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University, where his main appointment is in the Institute for Studies of Religion. The Economist magazine has called him “one of America's best scholars of religion.” He has published thirty books, which have been translated into sixteen languages.

"This work compels us to consider how climate change matters for religious development and, consequently, for international peace and security. It is a worthy read for those working to build a safer and more sustainable world." - Anum Farhan, Chatham House, UK, International Affairs

"Philip Jenkins provides a fascinating look into the historical relationship between faith and climate change... The book is a poignant reminder of the role that faith leaders can play in the face of the disruptive impacts of today's climate crisis." - Mariana Vieira, International Affairs Summer reading list 2022

"This masterpiece of historical scholarship should help policy makers and others transcend temporal myopia. Of special interest to students of climate, history, society, religion, and politics, this book can change the way one thinks about such matters." - L. E. Sponsel, CHOICE

"Jenkins's bold new argument may change the way we think about the history of religion, but more important, it could remind us that we can imagine a new and better way as we prepare for the consequences of this impending climate crisis." - Rt. Rev. Mark Van Koevering, The Living Church

"So many books on climate change focus on science and policy. This one offers a refreshing, if sobering, break as it charts the effect that past periods of climate stress have had on the evolution of the world's great faiths." - Pilita Clark, Financial Times, Best Climate and Environment Books of 2021

"a remarkable overview of climate change and its consequences for religious movements in world history... It is an important book for scholars of religion as well as for those interested in the consequences of climate change." - Mary Evelyn Tucker, Times Literary Supplement

"This timely and meticulously researched book makes an important contribution to the growing body of literature engaging religion and history with ecology and climate change." - Ruby Guyat, Times Higher Education

"A hugely ambitious work, such as only a historian of Philip Jenkins's great learning would dare undertake... magisterial study, at once probing and panoramic... The timeliness of this volume hardly needs emphasising." - John Pridmore, Church Times

"It is fascinating and thought-provoking approach to the climate change which the world now faces." - Revd Dr Paul Beasley-Murray, Church Matters