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Shin, Faith and Preston, Jesse (2021) Green as the gospel : the power of stewardship messages to improve climate change attitudes. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 13 (4). pp. 437-447. doi:10.1037/rel0000249 ISSN 1941-1022.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000249
Abstract
Three studies (N = 1,389) investigate how attitudes toward the environment and climate change may be informed by stewardship beliefs (care for the Earth as a sacred religious duty) or dominion beliefs (God-given dominance over nature). Pro-environmental measures were positively associated with stewardship belief and negatively associated with dominion belief, moderated by religiosity (Study 1). When religious participants read passages from the Bible supporting stewardship, they expressed greater concern for climate change, compared with those who read dominion messages or a control passage (Study 2). Reading the Pro-environmental encyclical by Pope Francis increased participants’ belief in and moralization of climate change, but this was moderated by favorable attitudes toward the Pope. These findings suggest that environmental attitudes can be shaped by views of religious authorities and present an optimistic view that environmental stewardship can be used to improve concern for climate change among religious believers.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion Q Science > QC Physics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Religion, Environmental protection -- Religious aspects, Climatic changes -- Religious aspects, Christians -- Attitudes | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Psychology of Religion and Spirituality | ||||||||
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1941-1022 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 13 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 437-447 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1037/rel0000249 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ©American Psychological Association, 2019. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication, at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000249 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | © American Psychological Association, 2019 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 31 January 2019 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 February 2019 | ||||||||
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