An examination of the "greening of christianity" thesis among americans, 1993-2010

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 373-391

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

^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

EID: 84901983475     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12116     Document Type: Article

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