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Evangelicals in Brazil see abuse of God's earth as a sin – but will they fight to save the Amazon?

  • Written by Amy Erica Smith, Associate Professor of Political Science as well as Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean's Professor, Iowa State University
Evangelicals in Brazil see abuse of God's earth as a sin – but will they fight to save the Amazon?Trees that survived a forest fire stand amid smoldering smoke in the Vila Nova Samuel region of Brazil, Aug. 25, 2019. AP Photo/Eraldo Peres

When the Brazilian city of São Paulo abruptly went dark at midday on Aug. 19, there was talk of the Apocalypse – not all of it in jest.

In fact, meteorologists explained, unusual wind patterns had...

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