Is Religiosity Related to Environmentally-Protective Behaviors Among Taiwanese Christians? A Structural Equation Modeling Study

Wei-Ta Fang, Ulas Kaplan, Yi-Te Chiang and Chun-Teng Cheng
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Wei-Ta Fang: Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
Ulas Kaplan: Human Development and Learning Program, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Yi-Te Chiang: Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan
Chun-Teng Cheng: Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 11677, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 21, 1-18

Abstract: The objective of this study was to explore the mediators of environmental protective behaviors in Christians in Taiwan. Questionnaire data from a total of 699 participants were collected and subjected to a confirmatory factor analysis. The results revealed that the environmental behaviors of Taiwanese Christians are affected by their faith in three aspects. First, private environmental behaviors are associated with church attendance. Second, the awareness of environmental consequences generates a stewardship belief, which results in a willingness to sacrifice for the environment, private environmental behaviors, and political environmental activism. Finally, stewardship belief is also associated with political environmental activism.

Keywords: environmental education; environmental ethics; ecological theology; pro-environmental behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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