American evangelicals and global warming

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1009-1017

  Smith, N ^a   Leiserowitz, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evangelical; Global warming; Policy preference; Risk assessment; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HISTORY; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; SURVEY;

EID: 84886720176     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

References (82)

1. Akerlof K., DeBono R., Berry P., Leiserowitz A., Roser-Renouf C., Clarke K.L., Maibach E.W. Public perceptions of climate change as a human health risk: surveys of the United States, Canada and Malta. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2010, 7(6):2559-2606.
2. Boholm A. Risk perception and social anthropology: critique of cultural theory. Ethnos 1996, 61(1-2):64-84.
3. Bostrom A., Morgan M.G., Fischhoff B., Read D. What do people know about global climate-change. 1. Mental models. Risk Analysis 1994, 14(6):959-970.
4. Boyd H.H. Christianity and the environment in the American public. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 1999, 38:36-44.
5. Dake K. Orienting dispositions in the perception of risk: an analysis of contemporary world-views and cultural biases. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 1991, 22:61-82.
6. Dake K. Myths of nature: culture and the social construction of risk. Journal of Social Issues 1992, 48:21-27.
7. Dake K., Wildavsky A. Theories of risk perception: who fears what and why?. Daedalus 1990, 119:41-60.
8. Dake K., Wildavsky A. Individual differences in risk perception and risk-taking preferences. The Analysis, Communication, and Perception of Risk 1991, Plenum, New York. B.J. Garrick, W.C. Geckler (Eds.).
9. Damasio A.R. The Feeling of What Happens 1999, Harcourt Inc., New York.
10. Ding D., Maibach E.W., Zhao X.Q., Roser-Renouf C., Leiserowitz A. Support for climate policy and societal action are linked to perceptions about scientific agreement. Nature Climate Change 2011, 1(9):462-466.
11. Djupe P.A., Hunt P.K. Beyond the Lynn White thesis: congregational effects on environmental concern. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 2009, 48:670-686.
12. Douglas M. Risk and Blame: Essays in Cultural Theory 1992, Routledge, London.
13. Douglas M., Wildavsky A. Risk and Culture: an Essay on the Selection of Technical and Environmental Dangers 1982, University of California Press, Berkeley.
14. Dunlap R.E., McCright A.M. A widening gap - Republican and Democratic views on climate change. Environment 2008, 50:26-35.
15. Eckberg D.L., Blocker T.J. Varieties of religious involvement and environmental concerns: testing the Lynn White thesis. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 1989, 28:509-517.
16. Evangelical Climate Initiative (ECI), 2006. Climate change: an evangelical call to action. Available at: . http://preview.christiansandclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/eci-calltoaction-booklet.pdf.
17. Finucane M.L. Emotion, affect, and risk communication with older adults: challenges and opportunities. Journal of Risk Research 2008, 11(8):983-997.
18. Finucane M.L., Alhakami A., Slovic P., Johnson S.M. The affect heuristic in judgments of risks and benefits. Journal of Behavior and Decision Making 2000, 13:1-17.
19. Finucane M.L., Peters E., Slovic P. Judgment and decision making: the dance of affect and reason. Emerging Perspectives on Judgment and Decision Research 2003, 327-364. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. S.L. Schneider, J. Shanteau (Eds.).
20. Gallup, 2005. Another look at evangelicals in America today. Available at: . http://www.gallup.com/poll/20242/another-look-evangelicals-america-today.aspx.
21. Guth J.L., Green J.C., Kellstedt L.A., Smidt C.E. Faith and the environment: religious beliefs and attitudes on environmental policy. American Journal of Political Science 1995, 39:364-382.
22. Hand C.M., Van Liere K.D. Religion, mastery-over-nature, and environmental concern. Social Forces 1984, 63:555-570.
23. Hayes B.C., Marangudakis M. Religion and environmental issues within Anglo-American democracies. Review of Religious Research 2000, 42:159-174.
24. Hayes B.C., Marangudakis M. Religion and attitudes towards nature in Britain. British Journal of Sociology 2001, 52:139-155.
25. Hayhoe K., Farley A. A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith-based Decisions 2009, Faith Words, New York.
26. Hitzhusen, G.E., 2011. Climate change education for faith based groups. Unpublished Manuscript. Ohio State University.
27. Jaeger C.C., Renn O., Rosa E.A., Webler T. Decision analysis and rational action. Human Choice and Climate Change 1998, Battelle Press, Columbus. S. Rayner, E.L. Malone (Eds.).
28. Kahan D.M., Braman D., Slovic P., Gastil J., Cohen G. Cultural cognition of the risks and benefits of nanotechnology. Nature Nanotechnology 2009, 4(2):87-90.
29. Kahan D.M., Jenkins-Smith H., Braman D. Cultural cognition of scientific consensus. Journal of Risk Research 2011, 14:1466-4461.
30. Kanagy C.L., Willits F.K. A greening of religion? Some evidence from a Pennsylvania sample. Social Science Quarterly 1993, 74:674-683.
31. Kaplan M.S. Will religions guide us on our dangerous journey?. Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril 2010, Trinity University Press, San Antonio. K.D. Moore, M.P. Nelson (Eds.).
32. Kearns L. Saving the creation: Christian environmentalism in the United States. Sociology of Religion 1996, 57:55-70.
33. Kearns L. Noah's ark goes to Washington: a profile of evangelical environmentalism. Social Compass 1997, 44:349-366.
34. Kempton W. Lay perspectives on global climate change. Global Environmental Change 1991, 1(3):183-208.
35. Kohut A., Green J.C., Keeter S., Toth R.C. The Diminishing Divide: Religion's Changing Role in American Politics 2000, Brookings Institution Press, Washington, DC.
36. Langford I.H., Georgiou S., Bateman I.J., Day R.J., Turner R.K. Public perceptions of health risks from polluted coastal bathing waters: a mixed methodological analysis using Cultural Theory. Risk Analysis 2000, 20:691-704.
37. Layman G.C., Hussey L.S. George W. Bush and the evangelicals: religious commitment and partisan change among evangelical protestants, 1960-2004. A Matter of Faith: Religion in the 2004 Presidential Election 2007, Brookings, Washington, DC. D.E. Campbell (Ed.).
38. Leiserowitz A. American risk perceptions: is climate change dangerous?. Risk Analysis 2005, 25:1433-1442.
39. Leiserowitz A. Climate change risk perception and policy preferences: the role of affect, imagery, and values. Climatic Change 2006, 77:45-72.
40. Lupton D. Risk 1999, Routledge, New York.
41. McCammack B. Hot damned America: evangelicalism and the climate change policy debate. American Quarterly 2007, 59:645-668.
42. Moore K.D., Nelson M.P. Toward a global consensus for ethical action. Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril 2010, Trinity University Press, San Antonio. K.D. Moore, M.P. Nelson (Eds.).
43. Nagle J.C. The evangelical debate over climate change. University of St. Thomas Law Journal 2008, 5:53-86.
44. New York Times, 2011. Vatican report shines light on climate change divisions within the U.S. faith community. Available at: . http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/05/10/10greenwire-vatican-report-shines-light-on-climate-change-98836.html.
45. Nordlund A.M., Garvill J. Effect of values, beliefs and personal norms on willingness to reduce car-use. Journal of Environmental Psychology 2003, 23:339-347.
46. O'Connor R.E., Bord R.J., Fisher A. Risk perceptions, general environmental beliefs, and willingness to address climate change. Risk Analysis 1999, 19(3):461-471.
47. Palmer, L., 2012. Preachable moments: evangelical Christians and climate change. The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media. Available at: . http://www.yaleclimatemediaforum.org/2012/06/preachable-moments-evangelical-christians-and-climate-change/.
48. Peters E., Slovic P. The role of affect and worldviews as orienting dispositions in the perception and acceptance of nuclear power. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 1996, 26:1427-1453.
49. Pew, 2008. US religious landscape survey. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. Available at: . http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/report-religious-landscape-study-full.pdf.
50. Pew, 2009. Religious groups' views on global warming. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Available at: . http://pewforum.org/Science-and-Bioethics/Religious-Groups-Views-on-Global-Warming.aspx.
51. Prelli L.J., Winters T.S. Rhetorical features of green evangelicalism. Environmental Communication 2009, 3:224-243.
52. Public Religion Research Institute, 2009. Poll - Climate Change and Global Poverty. Available at: . http://www.publicreligion.org/research/published/?id=198.
53. Rippl S. Cultural theory and risk perception: a proposal for a better measurement. Journal of Risk Research 2002, 5:147-165.
54. Robinson T. The biblical mandate for creation care. Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril 2010, Trinity University Press, San Antonio. K.D. Moore, M.P. Nelson (Eds.).
55. Schultz P.W. Empathizing with nature: toward a social-cognitive theory of environmental concern. Journal of Social Issues 2000, 56:391-406.
56. Schultz P.W., Zelenzny L., Dalrymple N.J. A multinational perspective on the relation between Judeo-Christian religious beliefs and attitudes of environmental concern. Environment and Behavior 2000, 32:576-591.
57. Schultz P.W. The structure of environmental concern: concern for self, other people and the biosphere. Journal of Environmental Psychology 2001, 21:327-339.
58. Schwartz S.H. Normative explanations of helping behavior: a critique, proposal, and empirical test. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 1973, 9:349-364.
59. Schwartz S.H., Howard J.A. A normative decision-making model of altruism. Altruism and Helping Behavior 1981, 89-211. Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ. J.P. Rushton, R.M. Sorrentino (Eds.).
60. Shibley M., Wiggins J. The greening of mainline American religion: a sociological analysis of the environmental ethics of the national religious partnership for the environment. Social Compass 1997, 44:333-348.
61. Slovic P., Finucane M.L., Peters E., MacGregor D.G. The affect heuristic. Heuristics and Biases: the Psychology of Intuitive Judgment 2002, 397-420. Cambridge University Press, New York. T. Gilovich, D. Griffin, D. Kahneman (Eds.).
62. Slovic P., MacGregor D.G., Peters E. Imagery, Affect, and Decision-making 1998, Decision Research, Eugene, OR.
63. Slovic P., Peters E. The importance of worldviews in risk perception. Risk, Decision and Policy 1998, 3:165-170.
64. Slovic P., Peters E. Risk perception and affect. Current Directions in Psychological Science 2006, 15:322-325.
65. Smith N., Leiserowitz A. The rise of global warming scepticism: exploring affective image associations in the United States over time. Risk Analysis 2012, 32:1021-1032.
66. Snelgar R.S. Egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric environmental concerns: measurement and structure. Journal of Environmental Psychology 2006, 26:87-99.
67. Steg L., Dreijerink L., Abrahamse W. Factors influencing the acceptability of energy policies: a test of VBN theory. Journal of Environmental Psychology 2005, 25(4):415-425.
68. Stern P.C. Toward a coherent theory of environmentally significant behavior. Journal of Social Issues 2000, 56(3):407-424.
69. Stern P.C., Dietz T., Kalof L. Value orientations, gender, and environmental concern. Environment and Behavior 1993, 25(3):322-348.
70. Stern P.C., Dietz T. The value basis of environmental concern. Journal of Social Issues 1994, 50(3):65-84.
71. Stern P.C., Dietz T., Kalof L., Guagnano G.A. Values, beliefs, and pro-environmental action: attitude formation toward emergent attitude objects. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 1995, 25:1611-1636.
72. Swami V., Chamorro-Premuzic T., Snelgar R., Furnham A. Egoistic, altruistic, and biospheric environmental concerns: a path analytic investigation of their determinants. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology 2010, 51:139-145.
73. Szalay L.B., Deese J. Subjective Meaning and Culture: an Assessment Through Word Associations 1978, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ.
74. Thompson S.C.G., Barton M.A. Ecocentric and anthropocentric attitudes towards the environment. Journal of Environmental Psychology 1994, 14:149-157.
75. Tucker M.E. World Wonder: Religions Enter their Ecological Phase 2003, Open Court, Chicago.
76. Wardekker J.A., Petersen A.C., van der Sluijs J.P. Ethics and public perception of climate change: exploring the Christian voices in the US public debate. Global Environmental Change 2009, 19:512-521.
77. White L. The historic roots of our ecologic crisis. Science 1967, 155:1203-1207.
78. Wilcox C. Onward Christian Soldiers: the Religious Right in American Politics 2000, Boulder, CO, Westview. 2nd ed.
79. Wilkinson K.K. Climate's salvation? Why and how American evangelicals are engaging with climate change. Environment 2010, 52:47-57.
80. Wilkinson K.K. Between God & Green: How Evangelicals are Cultivating a Middle Ground on Climate Change 2012, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
81. Wills G. Under God: Religion and American Politics 1991, Touchstone, New York.
82. Woodrum E., Wolkomir M.J. Religious effects on environmentalism. Sociological Spectrum 1997, 17:223-233.