Theology and Religiosity Effects on Environmentalism

Woodrum, Eric; Hoban, Thomas J.

doi:10.2307/3511888

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“…In fact, 83.9% of Christians and 84.5% of non-Christians agree or strongly agree with the proposed water use restriction policy. These results are similar to other studies which report no relationship between religion and environmental concern [41][42][43]. Finally, non-Christians do not differ in their level of agreement from non-religious people.…”

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confidence: 81%

“…A few studies report simultaneous positive and negative relationships between Christian affiliation and environmental concern (e.g., [38][39][40]). Other studies find no relationship between religion and environmental concern (e.g., [41][42][43]). In addition to religious affiliation, investigators also study the influence of religiosity on environmental concern.…”

Section: Religion and Scientific Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition to religious affiliation, investigators also study the influence of religiosity on environmental concern. In general, church attendance, the most widely used measure of religiosity, is not related to environmental concern (e.g., [33,38,39,[41][42][43]). However, Sherkat and Ellison [44] report a positive relationship, while Kanagy and Nelson [35] report a negative relationship.…”

Section: Religion and Scientific Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Influence of Religiously and Scientifically Framed Messages on Agreement with Water Use Restrictions

Clements

2016

Social Sciences

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Recent droughts in 2012 and 2013 have increased attention to water use issues in the United States. Cities, government agencies, and environmental nonprofit organizations use scientifically-framed messages to advocate for water conservation. In addition, some religious organizations use messages based on religious teachings to promote water conservation. Because approximately 70% of the U.S. public reports some religious affiliation, it is important to investigate the influence of religious and scientific messages for promoting water conservation. I report the results of an experiment that examines how scientifically-and religiously-framed messages influence attitudes about water use restrictions. I found that Christians were no more or less likely to agree with a policy calling for water use restrictions than non-Christians and non-religious people. However, a Christian religious message negatively influenced agreement with water use restrictions in the entire sample-and in a Christian subsample. Results suggest that religiously framed messages may not increase environmental concern.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Section: Religion and Scientific Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Religion and Scientific Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

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The Influence of Religiously and Scientifically Framed Messages on Agreement with Water Use Restrictions

Clements

2016

Social Sciences

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“…Hand and Van Liere 1984;Kanagy and Willits 1993;Shaiko 1987;Woodrum and Hoban 1994;Wolkomir et al 1997;Tarakeshwar et al 2001;Hayes and Marangudakis 2001;Nooney et al 2003;Milfont and Duckitt 2010). The NEP and related constructs have been found to positively predict more specific indicators of environmentalism, such as proenvironmental behavior, including when background variables are taken into account (e.g.…”

Section: Quantitative Social Scientific Research On Ecotheological Womentioning

confidence: 92%

“…Woodrum and Hoban 1994;Dietz et al 1998;Martin and Bateman 2013), they have been positive for dominion/ the DSP and negative for the NEP (e.g. Hughes 1997;Schultz et al 2000;Kanagy and Willits 1993;Milfont and Duckitt 2010).…”

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How Ecotheological Beliefs Vary among Australian Churchgoers and Consequences for Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors

Pepper

Leonard

2016

Review of Religious Research

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Worldviews play an important part in shaping and driving people's more specific environmental attitudes and behaviors. In a religious context, attention to eco(theo)logical worldviews, defined as foundational beliefs about the relationships between God, the Earth and humanity, helps researchers and environmental practitioners alike to better understand the religious frameworks which may foster or impede environmental action. This study draws on data from the 2011 Australian National Church Life Survey to examine churchgoers' beliefs about the presence of God in nature and human dominion over the environment. Australian churchgoers strongly affirmed the presence of God in the natural world, but were less affirming of dominion theology. Dominion varied between church traditions, but beliefs about the presence of God did not. The beliefs predicted a range of measures of environmental attitudes and behaviors. The results regarding dominion are consistent with findings from other countries, and the research extends previous limited work on the sanctification of nature to a concept of the presence of God in the natural world.

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Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: A review

2014

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We review the personal and social influences on pro-environmental concern and behaviour, with an emphasis on recent research. The number of these influences suggests that understanding pro-environmental concern and behaviour is far more complex than previously thought. The influences are grouped into 18 personal and social factors. The personal factors include childhood experience, knowledge and education, personality and self-construal, sense of control, values, political and world views, goals, felt responsibility, cognitive biases, place attachment, age, gender and chosen activities. The social factors include religion, urban-rural differences, norms, social class, proximity to problematic environmental sites and cultural and ethnic variations We also recognize that pro-environmental behaviour often is undertaken based on none of the above influences, but because individuals have non-environmental goals such as to save money or to improve their health. Finally, environmental outcomes that are a result of these influences undoubtedly are determined by combinations of the 18 categories. Therefore, a primary goal of researchers now should be to learn more about how these many influences moderate and mediate one another to determine pro-environmental behaviour.

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Theology and Religiosity Effects on Environmentalism

Cited by 67 publications

References 6 publications

The Influence of Religiously and Scientifically Framed Messages on Agreement with Water Use Restrictions

The Influence of Religiously and Scientifically Framed Messages on Agreement with Water Use Restrictions

How Ecotheological Beliefs Vary among Australian Churchgoers and Consequences for Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors

Personal and social factors that influence pro-environmental concern and behaviour: A review

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