Dark green humility: religious, psychological, and affective attributes of proenvironmental behaviors

Bron Taylor (), Jen Wright () and Todd LeVasseur ()
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Bron Taylor: University of Florida
Jen Wright: College of Charleston
Todd LeVasseur: College of Charleston

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 2020, vol. 10, issue 1, No 4, 56 pages

Abstract: Abstract Through a novel survey instrument, we examined traits and characteristics that various scholars and observers have averred promote or hinder proenvironmental behaviors. We found that those who hold anthropocentric and monotheistic religious views, and express low levels of environmental, religious, and cosmic humility, are less likely to engage in proenvironmental behaviors than those who maintain views, or express affinity with affective traits, values, and spiritual understandings, that are ecocentric, Organicist/Gaian, pantheistic, animistic, and that in general reflect humility about the human place in the world.

Keywords: Environmental behavior; Religion; Humility; Affect; Environmental psychology; Environmental sociology; Environmental anthropology; Environmental history; Religion and nature; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s13412-019-00578-5

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