David Ray Griffin

David Ray Griffin was a philosopher of religion whose later writing joined ethical questions to public debates about climate change. Unprecedented examines the physical consequences of rising carbon dioxide alongside the political, economic, religious, and media obstacles to an effective response. Clarity Press published the book under the fuller title Unprecedented: Can Civilization Survive the CO2 Crisis? and identifies Griffin as professor emeritus at Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University. A review in The Great Lakes Botanist independently discusses his comparison of three possible responses, ranging from continued delay to aggressive reductions in warming. The work also surveys clean-energy technologies and argues that technical capacity must be matched by moral commitment and collective mobilization. Unprecedented thus connects technical evidence with Griffin's wider concern for public ethics and responsibility.