American evangelicals and global warming
Smith, N. and Leiserowitz, A. 2013. American evangelicals and global warming. Global Environmental Change. 23 (5), p. 1009–1017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.04.001
Smith, N. and Leiserowitz, A. 2013. American evangelicals and global warming. Global Environmental Change. 23 (5), p. 1009–1017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.04.001
| Title | American evangelicals and global warming |
|---|---|
| Type | Journal article |
| Authors | Smith, N. and Leiserowitz, A. |
| Abstract | American evangelicals have long played a significant role in American culture and politics. Drawing from a nationally representative survey, this article describes American evangelicals’ global warming risk assessments and policy preferences and tests several theory-based factors hypothesized to influence their views. American evangelicals are less likely than non-evangelicals to believe that global warming is happening, caused mostly by human activities, and causing serious harm, yet a majority of evangelicals are concerned about climate change and support a range of climate change and energy related policies. Multiple regression analyses found that the combination of biospheric, altruistic, and egoistic value orientations is a more significant predictor of evangelicals’ risk assessments and policy support than negative affect, egalitarian or individualistic worldviews, or socio-demographic variables. |
| Journal | Global Environmental Change |
| Journal citation | 23 (5), p. 1009–1017 |
| ISSN | 0959-3780 |
| Year | 2013 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.04.001 |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | 28 May 2013 |