Assessing the Relationship between Three Christian Theologies of Creation and Environmental Concern

This paper reports the development of an instrument to measure three different orientations of a theology of nature. A theoretical model is proposed, and then applied to a sample of churchgoers in the form of a Theology of Nature Scale. The empirical data support the existence of deism, theism and p...

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Published in:Journal of beliefs and values
Main Author: Orchard, Adrian (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 1997
In: Journal of beliefs and values
Year: 1997, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 59-67
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Summary:This paper reports the development of an instrument to measure three different orientations of a theology of nature. A theoretical model is proposed, and then applied to a sample of churchgoers in the form of a Theology of Nature Scale. The empirical data support the existence of deism, theism and pantheism orientations as proposed by the model. The relationships between these three theological orientations and other measures of religiosity are considered. Finally, the effects of these orientations on levels of environmental concern are assessed.
ISSN:1469-9362
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1361767970180107