Philip Jenkins - thesis - CLIMATE, CATASTROPHE, & FAITH (OUP book 2021)

 from page 3

"Throughout history,

climate and climate change have been key drivers of

religious development -- not, of course, every innovation

or movement, but many of them, and in remarkable diversity.

Within Christianity, the warmth and prosperity

of the High Middle Ages shaped the forms

of Catholic faith and doctrine that 

emerged in that era

and which served as a foundation for later times. . .

Any historical account that ignores or

underplays climate (change / factors)

dimension is lacking.