Race, Religious Tradition, and Environmental Conservation

Using four national probability studies between the years 2010 and 2015, this study examines how religious beliefs help explain American support for or opposition to governmental efforts to protect the environment. We do so by investigating how race moderates this relationship. We find that religiou...

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Authors: Brown, R. Khari (Author) ; Brown, Ronald E. (Author) ; Kaiser, Angela (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Univ. Press [2021]
In: Sociology of religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 82, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-30
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Summary:Using four national probability studies between the years 2010 and 2015, this study examines how religious beliefs help explain American support for or opposition to governmental efforts to protect the environment. We do so by investigating how race moderates this relationship. We find that religious beliefs associate with and likely inform the environmental policy attitudes of non-Hispanic Whites. We have less evidence that the same holds true for Hispanics and Blacks.
ISSN:1759-8818
Contains:Enthalten in: Sociology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/socrel/sraa028