Religion and Environmental Issues within Anglo-American Democracies

Using Lynn White's historical thesis that Judeo-Christianity has cherished the human exploitation of nature as our frame of reference, this article examines the impact of religion on environmental attitudes and behaviour within the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and New Zealand. Based on...

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VerfasserInnen: Hayes, Bernadette C. (VerfasserIn) ; Marangudakis, Manussos (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer 2000
In: Review of religious research
Jahr: 2000, Band: 42, Heft: 2, Seiten: 159-174
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Zusammenfassung:Using Lynn White's historical thesis that Judeo-Christianity has cherished the human exploitation of nature as our frame of reference, this article examines the impact of religion on environmental attitudes and behaviour within the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and New Zealand. Based on the 1993 ISSP Environment survey, a nationally representative sample of the adult population in each nation, the results suggest that: (a) in general, Christians and Non-Christians do not significantly differ regarding their concern for the environment; (b) there are some significant inter-denominational as well as intradenominational differences within the Christian tradition in terms of their attitudes towards the environment; and (c) overall, religious identification is an relatively weak and inconsistent predictor of environmental attitudes and behaviour across nations.
ISSN:2211-4866
Bezug:Errata "Errata: Religion and Environmental Issues within Anglo-American Democracies (2001)"
Enthält:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3512527