{"product_id":"9781612195285","title":"Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality: On Care for Our Common Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe complete text of \u003ci\u003eLaudato Si\u003c\/i\u003e’,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe landmark encyclical letter from Pope Francis that, as \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine reported, “rocked the international community”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the \u003ci\u003eEncyclical on Climate Change and Inequality\u003c\/i\u003e, the beloved Pope exhorts the world to combat environmental degradation and its impact on the poor. In a stirring, clarion call that is not merely aimed at Catholic readers but rather at a wide, lay audience, the Pope cites the overwhelming scientific evidence of climate change, and does not hesitate to detail how it is the result of a historic level of unequal distribution of wealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is, in short, as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003elabeled it, “An urgent call to action . . . intended to persuade followers around the world to change their behavior, in hopes of protecting a fragile planet.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an insightful and informative introduction by Harvard professor Naomi Oreskes, famed for her bestselling \u003ci\u003eMerchants of Doubt:\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eHow a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47041950286064,"sku":"9781612195285","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612195285_p0.jpg?v=1763844709","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612195285","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}