ABSTRACT
Chapter 5 examines the category of harmonizers who recognize climate change as a scientifically-proven reality but may not engage in climate advocacy. Although harmonizers are not climate skeptics, people who use harmonizing strategies can easily become members of a disinterested public that acknowledges climate change but does not act. This chapter outlines how harmonizers rework traditional associations between Christianity and the environment but may still stall at the level of enacting change. The rhetorical features of the harmonizers are their construction of harmony, their negotiation of their Christian environmental identity, and their justification of individual-level action. These rhetorical features are detailed in the discourse of the exemplar harmonizer, the Evangelical Environmental Network, and personal conversations.
