Edward O. Wilson’s “Apocalypse Now” was published in the New Republic in September 2006. Wilson uses this paper to urge the evangelical community that the state of the environment is in their best interest. It begins with an address to an imaginary Southern Baptist pastor as Wilson states similarities between himself and the Pastor. He uses their shared religious upbringing, moral behaviors, and nationality to create common ground between them. At the start of the next paragraph, it’s revealed that he has written the Pastor for help. Wilson stresses that while there is “no way to avoid the fundamental differences in our worldviews”, it should not keep them separated in every issue and once again provides examples of aspects of life every human strives towards. It is at the end of this paragraph that Wilson addresses the central topic that “the defense of living nature is a universal value” and reiterates that he needs the Pastor’s help. The next paragraph gives evidence to support his claim that nature is in trouble. He asserts this through multiple statistics and scientific estimations. Wilson goes on to argue that every species …show more content…
Some examples include the National Council of Churches of Christ, the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish, but Wilson listed other too. He also briefly mentions that impoverished people and ruined environments affect each other directly. Wilson recognizes in the next paragraph that reluctance from the religious right can come from the view of environmental activism as an issue for the political left or reminiscent of paganism. However, Wilson ensures that this viewpoint may be shifting in the eyes of the Republican Party and he believes that “the opportunity exists to make the environment a universal concern” and not make it a political