How Religion Influences Our Relationship With the Environment

Title: How Religion Influences Our Relationship With the Environment
Description: This article, drawing references from a study in the Journal of Religion and Demography, summarizes how religions influence many environmentally relevant behaviors.

The author and his colleagues discovered that countries with a lower religious population utilize more resources and emit more emissions, but they are also better prepared to deal with the environmental difficulties that emerge since they are wealthier. On the other hand, countries with more religious populations tend to use fewer resources, but they also have less capability to address environmental concerns and are more vulnerable to negative consequences, owing to their high levels of poverty and continued population increase.

The link between religion, poverty, environmental impact, and governance is intricate and ever-evolving; the field continues to call for more research.; link to article
Date Created: 10/15/2020
Creator(s): Vegard Skirbekk
Article Type: Blog Post
Denomination: Interfaith
Audience: All audiences/General public
Environmental Organization: Columbia Climate School
Issues: english Eco-Justice; english Poverty; english Human Health & Well-being; english Climate
Relation: Religious Affiliation and Environmental Challenges in the 21st Century

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