Sociology

Religious and environmental behavior

Introduction

Sociology is the study of human behavior. The sociology history is associated with the

presuppositions; this is the sustainability of the environment problematic (Buttel, 2000). Science

and religion have always been fighting for so many years in many things. Researchers have come

up with solutions to solve the disaster that has been coursed by human behavior when it comes to

environmental behavior. It has reached a point where religion and ecological action appears to go

in one direction with science. Even though science and religion have been poisoned in

opposition, faith has always been standing as its own, whereby it cannot be contradicted or

supported. But looking in a more profound means, you want to see whether religion impacts

Eckberg and Blocker's environmental attitude and behavior (1996).

While environmental disaster keeps on growing, recognition of the ecological

sustainability of human society it has been a serious question now it has risen to psychological

the arising address the role of environment (Xiao & Dunlap, 2007) The disaster has grown on a

point that a solution needs to be found as fast as possible. With all the tragedy caused to the

environment, human behavior still behaves as if they do not see the disaster. Science has

researched to conduct and understand the importance of religious identities that can impact an

individual. The research has been done due to human ignorance of the disaster and the signs

given from the environment of the destruction that is being done to it. Globally even as sociology

tries to research religious impact on hum beings, it is seen that people are becoming less

religious as well (Greeley, A. 1993).

 Science tries to find a way to solve the environmental disaster. Religiosity you supposed

to be looked into and see if it affects ecological behavior. It is evident that religion and science

clash with one another. Am I seen that those who more religious are not friendly to eco-friendly?

Despite the differences, there are two more factors to look into and questions to look into a

person's environmental behavior and concern. (White 1967) The religious institution is referred

to be one of the essential institutions in maintaining the misery of over-nature orientation (Hand

& Liere, 1984)

Religiosity impacts on environmental behaviors

In some countries, the government is on how the citizens care about environmental

quality. 

It has been proven to consider general environmental concerns (Xiao et al., 2012). In

some countries, the government has tried to develop a solution to the environment's problem

(Howe & Leiserowitz, 2013). Some of the characteristics, as affected by environmental attitudes,

are a religion. In a study, our daughter was seen. I'm correct that almost six in ten Americans say

that religion is significant in their life. Some of the people said it is relatively essential (Hunter &

Toney, 2005). Six ten say that they belong to a church synagogue, and the four and ten say that

they do attend church in the past week (Guber, 2012). Many American citizens say they are not

that religious, and even those that are concentrated on tradition (Kanagy & Nelsen, 1995). 

Diversity in the region among most people is said to the scholarly to consider explaining

the role of religion invitation two environmental attitudes. Some scholars reported that wear a

different religious tradition is an ecological concern (Hayes & Marangudakis, 2000). Some proof

shows that there is a similar mix when it comes to religion. In some research, for example, have

found information there is a measure of religious commitments or just attendance and prayer,
which are and related to environmental preferences (Konisky et al., 2008), Even though some

Christians are not concerned about the environment. They are worried about their religious life.

Some other religions that are more concerned about the region are more concerned about the

environment and concern about what is happening to the ground.

In some effort is there is no clear understanding of the relationship between religion and

environmental attitude. It is said that the reason for this is because of the recent studies that are

produced by data constraints. Until today the scholars have relied on the samples of survey

empire size indicators for religious affiliation. Thus, the data limitation has made it difficult to

pass out the traditional differences and determine religion's role. But a solution to overcome the

problem is there, which was said in a 2010 collaborative congregational election study. The 2010

cooperative congressional election study is ideal for our purpose due to its broad national

representative sample (over 55000 respondents), and of course, it has details on religious

information. Due to these features, you all have delineated differences across and within

religious tradition regarding environmental attitude and consider how spiritual conditions are

relationships (Arbuckle & Konisky, 2015).

A study shows based on religiosity's degree, and the population has been divided into five

manually segment in every religion. The region has been divided into the following average

religiosity minion affiliate and believe and strictly secular. The study showed that the most

define individual as the most religious person contribute the least amount of money to

environmental causes. On the contrary, those who are believed not to be of the church are the

most dangerous. Investigation shows that different dimensions of religiosity already just attended

are statistically significant in the positive for volunteerism. It contributes money to the religious

organization; it is negatively associated with environmental giving (Dilmaghani, 2017).

 Political ideology, age, and education

Political ideology

In the social study, political ideology is a particular set of ethnic or ideas principal,

doctrine, myth, or symbols of a social movement institution class or large group that explains

how our society should work and offer some political and cultural blueprint for a particular

social order. This myth and doctrine have also played in the behavior of environmental effects.

The society especially ethnic group they have their own belief about something on the

environment that has brought either a negative or positive impact (Rosenberg, 1956)

Even though people have the principles that they follow in their ethnic group and they

may be less like overall to engage in a very mental protection behavior more than they are to

express support for environmental principles, it seems they are likely to hold a most supportive

attitude that will be more inclined and those with less support (Dunlap, 1975)

A lot of support studies show that exclude addressing the correct between environmental

attitude and behavior. Van Lier and Dunlap1978 found that the support that NEP was had a

positive behavior value that increased within and increased consistency between the approval for

NEP and rejection of the domains to show paradigm (Van Liere & Dunlap, 1981)

Age on environmental behavior

As time goes by, humans keep on evolving with includes the change of generation. It is

agreed that human must reduce their environmental impact. Does the study show that an

improved understanding of evolved human nature can help solve the ecological problem? Are

combining evolutionary with the psychological approaches, it is argued that five evolutionary

adaptive psychological biases often cause the environmental crisis: the first basis is human value

personal of a collective outcome which is ( interest) the second nature prefer immediate of a
delayed reward ( short-sightedness ) the third value relative of an absolute status ( status ) is the

fourth the behavior of others social ( imitation ) and the fifth one which is the last one is no

problem that you cannot see or feel ( sensing) (Van Vugt et al., 2014)

Education on environmental behavior

Knowledge is said to be one of the essential keys to evolving a man being. The

understanding that we do not have currently can we go through education entirely stops. Perhaps

the ignorance that people had maybe when you dictated they can evolve and stop ignoring the

environmental disaster they cost and its size. A study was done, and there was a light on

promoting active care for the environment in children and youth. The research on the source of

the pro-environmental behavior of democratic skills and value developing the personal sense of

competency and collective competency to stop the study entirely shows how environmental

activists and educators reported a childhood experience. Experimental studies with young people

not looking at the factors within society and taking action and ecological. Findings of the course

with an under field discussed implicated for an environmental educator. With the study, it is seen

that when the young people indicated they seem to have a positive behavior towards the

environment (Chawla & Cushing, 2007)

Conclusion

As much as science and religion are different, there's an effort from the science side to

find a solution to people's behavior towards the environment. They're trying to for the answer but

on the science side and the on the religion aspect.

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