Islam and Environmental Consciousness: A New Scale Development

Abstract

This research proposed a new construct, Islamic environmental consciousness (IEC), and developed a measurement scale to support this construct. Churchill's (J Mark Res 16(1):64-73, 1979) paradigm, adapted by Negra and Mzoughi (Internet Res 22(4):426-442, 2012), was utilized. A total of 32 items were generated based on the verses of the Qur'an from nine interviews with teachers in an Islamic seminary. This set of items was reduced to 19 after dropping redundant or non-representative items. In a pilot study, factor analysis of the 19-item scale yielded a two-factor structure scale of seven items with a reliability ranging from 0.7 to 0.8. The Islamic environmental consciousness scale (IECS) was statistically confirmed and validated in a subsequent investigation. The proposed measurement scale warrants further exploratory study. Future research should assess the IECS's validity across different Muslim countries, locales, and various Islamic schools of thought and practice. IEC is proposed as a new construct that focuses primarily on the Qur'an and seeks to achieve acceptance by both Sunni and Shia denominations. In this study, both cognitive attitudes and behavioral aspects were considered in the design of the IECS.

A Scoping Review of Nature, Land, and Environmental Connectedness and Relatedness

“…One study did not report the ages of participants, and instead, the authors classified participants as elders [ 22 ]. Seven of the studies included adolescents or pre-adolescents in their final sample [ 21 , 23 , 24 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 ], while three studies only included adults over the age of 18 [ 22 , 87 , 88 ]. The cultural and spiritual scales took place in seven different regions or countries, including Alaska [ 23 ], Hawai‘i [ 24 ], New Zealand [ 85 , 87 ], Australia [ 22 ], Canada [ 21 , 84 ], Muslim countries [ 88 ], and the Netherlands [ 86 ].…”

Pemberdayaan Dakwah Sanitasi Pesantren di Pesantren Jagat Arsy, Tangerang Selatan

“…Cara membangun kesalehan lingkungan erat dengan akhlak terhadap lingkungan. Dalam upaya untuk terus meningkatkan kualitas hidup yang lebih baik ini, terdapat juga suatu sikap mujahadah (perjuangan atau ikhtiar) yang menuntut setiap manusia dapat melakukan pengelolaan lingkungan untuk mengamankan kepentingan publik (20), baik sikap kognitif dan aspek perilaku yang dipertimbangkan dalam desain kesadaran lingkungan Islam (21). Al-Qur'an dapat berfungsi sebagai media yang berpengaruh bagi praktisi kesehatan masyarakat yang kompeten secara budaya di berbagai populasi, khususnya di komunitas Muslim, untuk meningkatkan dan mempertahankan perilaku sehat (22).…”

Do Islamic Values Matter for Environmental Protection? Empirical Evidence and Policy Suggestions Based on a Global Dataset

“…There are small-scale sociological studies on the relationship between religion and the environment in the Islamic context. Existing small-scale studies have examined the effects of Islamic values on proenvironmental behaviors (Rice, 2006); the relationship between religiosity and environmental behaviors (Ayten & Hussain, 2017); religion and environmental consciousness (Emari et al, 2017); religiosity's effect on purchasing green products (Khan & Kirmani, 2018;Farooq & Yahya, 2021), and purchasing behaviors (Hassan, 2014); developing Eco-Islam in Arab markets (Abdelzaher & Abdelzaher, 2017); Islamic perspectives on green jobs (King & Shackleton, 2020). The large-scale report on the attitudes of Muslim religious leaders to the environment (Skirbekk & Pędziwiatr, 2018), organizations, and religious leaders' influence on climate change (Koehrsen, 2021), and gender-based environmental attitudes (Vasi, 2010) are also studied.…”