Catholics and Climate Change Skepticism

Despite Church teachings on climate change and most Catholics accepting the science and being concerned, a large minority of Catholic laity and clergy deny it. This multi-sited, qualitative study, which includes supporting quantitative data, focuses on how skepticism is articulated by Catholic clima...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:  
Bibliographische Detailangaben
VerfasserInnen: Vincentnathan, Lynn (VerfasserIn) ; Vincentnathan, S. Georg (VerfasserIn) ; Smith, Nicholas (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Verfügbarkeit prüfen: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Lade...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Veröffentlicht: Brill 2016
In: Worldviews
Jahr: 2016, Band: 20, Heft: 2, Seiten: 125-149
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Katholik / Anthropogene Klimaänderung / Zweifel / Begründung
RelBib Classification:CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
CF Christentum und Wissenschaft
CH Christentum und Gesellschaft
FD Kontextuelle Theologie
KDB Katholische Kirche
NBD Schöpfungslehre
NCG Ökologische Ethik; Schöpfungsethik
ZG Medienwissenschaft; Digitalität; Kommunikationswissenschaft
weitere Schlagwörter:B Christianity Catholicism climate change skepticism Laudato Si
Online Zugang: Volltext (Verlag)
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Despite Church teachings on climate change and most Catholics accepting the science and being concerned, a large minority of Catholic laity and clergy deny it. This multi-sited, qualitative study, which includes supporting quantitative data, focuses on how skepticism is articulated by Catholic climate change skeptics, and transmitted and transmuted through Catholic networks. While Catholic climate change skeptics echo other skeptics, they also bring Catholic perspectives, often mingled with conservative religious and political views. Some express concern common among other Christian skeptics that believing in climate change leads to neopaganism and promotes anti-human sentiments. The focus is on Catholic climate change skeptics and their ideas, not Catholicism per se, and various cultural, social, and psychological factors, including their understanding of Catholicism, that impact their climate change skepticism. This contributes to the growing scholarship on climate change skepticism.
ISSN:1568-5357
Enthält:In: Worldviews
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15685357-02002005