The role of religious narratives and religious orientation towards concerns for the natural environment and animal welfare

Dexon Pasaribu*, Bagus Takwin, Pim Martens

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Several studies show that religion hinders concerns for the natural environment preservation. Others, however, have found that the belief in God or the identification with a particular religion is not associated with measures for environmental concerns. This study investigates the influence of religious narrative framing and the relation between Allport's intrinsic personal (IP) and extrinsic social (ES) religious orientation towards general environmental apathy (GEA) and acceptability for harming animals (AIS). This study surveyed 657 teachers and school staff in East Java, Indonesia. Using ANOVA, we find that religious narrative affects participant's GEA and AIS. Participants in stewardship narrative group have significantly lower GEA and AIS compared to participants in human dominance and the non-narratives control group. Using multiple regression, we also confirm the persistence of religious narrative's influence towards GEA. In addition, lower GEA and AIS correlate with higher IP and lower ES. Lastly, we identify and discuss significant demographic and other determinants relation to GEA and AIS.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere0271515
Pages (from-to)e0271515
Number of pages23
JournalPLOS ONE
Volume17
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Aug 2022

Keywords

  • Animal Welfare
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Humans
  • Narration
  • Religion
  • Surveys and Questionnaires

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