Activating faith: pro-environmental responses to a Christian text on sustainability.

ABSTRACT: With growing attention on the importance of values, beliefs and worldviews in shaping environmental outcomes, there remains little research on religion and sustainability transformations. We explored the impact of the Archbishop of Canterbury's environmentally themed Lent Book 2020 "Saying Yes to Life" on environmental values, attitudes and behaviours of lay Christians. An online survey administered before and after reading the book assessed environmental values, New Ecological Paradigm (NEP), connectedness to nature and environmental behaviours, and collected open responses to questions about participants' perceptions. Follow-up focus groups were also held to understand experiences of cognitive and behavioural change. Analysis of paired data revealed significant increases in environmental

SUBMITTER: Ives CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9395780 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature