Green Christians? An Empirical Examination of Environmental Concern Within the U.S. General Public

Organization and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-102

  Clements, John M ^a   McCright, Aaron M ^a   Xiao, Chenyang ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Christianity; environmental attitudes; environmental behavior; religiosity; structural equation modeling; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANITY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RELIGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898677831     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: 15527417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026613495475     Document Type: Article

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