The End of the World As We Know It? Apocalypticism, Interdisciplinarity, and the Study of Religion

Achieving Un-SDG 13 in Nigeria: Roles of Religious Leaders in Addressing Climate Change Challenges

“…One of the most important findings of this study is that religious leaders attested to the fact that their respective religious teachings offer a fundamental solution to addressing climate change issue (F = 1.54, p = <0.01). Participants expressed their opinions on the role of the religious leaders in addressing climate change to include awareness creation, the charity for disaster victims, and prayer are the major roles the participants although expressed them in different words such as enlightenment, education, sensitization, preaching, teaching among others (Ottuh and Ottuh, 2012;Dasgupta and Ramanathan, 2014;King, 2015;Sideris, 2015). Some of them also alluded to the fact religious leaders can help in mitigation by promoting and reducing their own carbon footprints in their respective worship places and encouraging climate-friendly projects and policies in their communities.…”

“…Religion influences the decision and the way of life of so many people in Nigeria. Many scholars such as (Ottuh and Ottuh, 2012;Dasgupta and Ramanathan, 2014;King, 2015;Sideris, 2015) found that religious leaders have a role to play in passing out the message of environmental preservation for the development of their physical and social environment. Just as Sideris (2015) has observed in a similar issue, "many environmentalists (not just transition advocates) view the environmental crisis as a product of our dysfunctional cultural myths or narratives."…”