Introduction: Climate Change and Religion - A Review of Existing Research

Although we have a large body of work on ‘religion and nature’, much less has been written about the specific question of ‘religion and climate change’. Moreover, to date much of that literature on religion and climate change is theological and prescriptive, laying out arguments for why it is legiti...

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Authors: Veldman, Robin Globus (Author) ; Szasz, Andrew 1947- (Author) ; Haluza-DeLay, Randolph 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2012
In: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2012, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 255-275
Further subjects:B moral issues
B Climate Change
B Religion
B social-scientific perspective
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Summary:Although we have a large body of work on ‘religion and nature’, much less has been written about the specific question of ‘religion and climate change’. Moreover, to date much of that literature on religion and climate change is theological and prescriptive, laying out arguments for why it is legitimate for believers/adherents of one faith or another to be concerned about climate change. Comparatively little can be characterized as empirical or social scientific, examining what faiths and their adherents are actually saying or doing about climate change. To our knowledge, this special issue will therefore be the first devoted solely to beginning to answer these questions from a social-scientific perspective.
ISSN:1749-4915
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/jsrnc.v6i3.255