ion will this massive, ambivalent religion go? There are powerful pressures today to opt for short-term personal comfort and convenience, and these may prove overwhelming for Christianity—embedded as it is in the more affluent and powerful countries of the world. But there are hints of a sea-change within even the conservative evangelical wing of Christianity. A cross-section of conservative leaders signed the Evangelical Climate Initiative in 2006, and just last month, March 2008, a Southern Baptist Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change acknowledged that “our cautious [past] response to these issues in the face of mounting evidence may be seen by the world as uncaring, reckless and ill-informed.” Stay tuned; but for now, the Christian ambivalence continues. Meanwhile some Westerners who care deeply about the planet are seeking support from the enchanted worldview of neo-paganism, the virtue of harmony pursued by Taoists, and the simple, gentle demeanor cultivated by Buddhism.