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Preston, Jesse L. and Baimel, Adam (2021) Towards a psychology of religion and the environment : the good, the bad, and the mechanisms. Current Opinion in Psychology, 40 . pp. 145-149. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.09.013 ISSN 2352-250X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.09.013
Abstract
What is the relationship between religion and care for the natural world? Although this question has motivated research for decades, the evidence is inconsistent. Here, we highlight the psychological mechanisms by which specific features of religious systems may differentially impact environmental beliefs and commitments—positively and negatively—to help generate more targeted questions for future research. Religious traditions that emphasize human dominance over the natural world, promote just-world and end-world beliefs, and are tied to more fundamentalist/conservative attitudes can diminish levels of environmental concern in its adherents. Alternatively, religious and spiritual traditions that moralize the protection of the natural world, sanctify nature, and emphasize belief in human stewardship of the natural world can promote pro-environmental concern and commitments.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Religion, Human ecology -- Religious aspects, Ecology -- Religious aspects, Environmental ethics, Climatic changes -- Religious aspects, Environmentalism -- Religious aspects, Conservation of natural resources -- Moral and ethical aspects | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Current Opinion in Psychology | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2352-250X | ||||||||
Official Date: | August 2021 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 40 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 145-149 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.09.013 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 22 September 2020 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 September 2021 | ||||||||
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