Pro-Environmental Beliefs Are Less Likely To Lead To Action Among Those Who Believe In A Controlling God

This study confirms that it’s the belief in a controlling god, rather than a belief in God per se, that weakens that association, the team argues. As already noted, though, the religious people in this study were Christians, and they were all American. So the findings may or may not extend to people with other religious beliefs. Also, these studies featured a lot of self-report and assessments of “intention” to act. It would of course be interesting to know whether belief in a controlling god makes any difference to actual, real world behaviour. However, as the researchers also point out, when it comes to understanding which sociocultural factors influence environmental attitudes and behaviour, there is still a lot to learn. This work at least starts to plug part of that gap.   – Religiosity Moderates the Link Between Environmental Beliefs and Pro-Environmental Support: The Role of Belief in a Controlling God Emma Young (@EmmaELYoung) is a staff writer at BPS Research Digest
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