Christianity, Environmentalism, and the Theoretical Problem of Fundamentalism

Eckberg, Douglas Lee; Blöcker, T.

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“…Following previous studies that report a negative relationship between Christian religious affiliation and environmental concern (e.g., [31][32][33]), I expect that Christian affiliation will negatively predict agreement with a proposed water use restriction policy (Hypothesis 1). In addition, because of the negative influence of Christianity, I expect that a religiously framed message will decrease support for a proposed water use restriction policy compared to a scientific message (H2).…”

Section: Water Conservationmentioning

confidence: 87%

“…Many studies provide evidence that Christian religious affiliation, beliefs, and behaviors are negatively related to environmental concern [31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. A few studies report simultaneous positive and negative relationships between Christian affiliation and environmental concern (e.g., [38][39][40]).…”

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%

“…I also included a measure of religious service attendance ("never" = 1 to "greater than once per week" = 9) as the most widely used measure of religiosity [33,38,42]. …”

Section: Religion Predictorsmentioning

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: Water Conservationmentioning

confidence: 87%

Section: Religion and Scientific Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Religion and Scientific Knowledgementioning

confidence: 99%

“…I also included a measure of religious service attendance ("never" = 1 to "greater than once per week" = 9) as the most widely used measure of religiosity [33,38,42]. …”

Section: Religion Predictorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Clements

2016

Social Sciences

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“…Wyniki jego analizy jednoznacznie wskazują, że wbrew temu, co głosił Lynn White i jego zwolennicy, istnieje pozytywna korelacja pomiędzy identyfikowaniem się z tradycją judeochrześcijańską i poszanowaniem przyrody jako dzieła Stwórcy. Wyniki wielu współczesnych badań przeprowadzonych w USA i innych krajach potwierdzają, że recepcja biblijnego przesłania na temat stworzenia świata pozytywnie wpływa na stosunek człowieka do przyrody 1012 .…”

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2015

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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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Christianity, Environmentalism, and the Theoretical Problem of Fundamentalism

Cited by 115 publications

References 14 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

Filozoficzny spór o rolę chrześcijaństwa w kwestii ekologicznej

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

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