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(7/26/22) Robert Jensen co-authors of An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity\u2019s future will be defined not by expansion but by contraction. For decades, our world has understood that we are on the brink of an apocalypse\u2014and yet the only implemented solutions have been small and convenient, feel-good initiatives that avoid unpleasant truths about the root causes of our impending disaster.\n\nOn this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large, Jensen examines how geographic determinism shaped our past and led to today\u2019s social injustice, consumerist culture, and high-energy/high-technology dystopias. Jensen weaves a secular reading of theological concepts\u2014the prophetic, the apocalyptic, a saving remnant, and grace\u2014to chart a collective, realistic path for humanity not only to survive our apocalypse but also to emerge on the other side with a renewed appreciation of the larger living world.