Religious beliefs and climate change adaptation: A study of three rural South African communities
| Autor: | Simone Schuman, Jon-Vegard Dokken, Dewald van Niekerk, Ruth A. Loubser |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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| Zdroj: | Jàmbá, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp e1-e12 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1996-1421 2072-845X |
| DOI: | 10.4102/jamba.v10i1.509 |
| Popis: | This article argues that religious beliefs significantly influence a community’s understanding and experience of climate change adaptation, indicating the need for an inclusion of such information in climate change adaptation education. Data were collected using the Q-method, whereby recurring statements were identified from semi-structured interviews with participants from three rural communities in the North-West province of South Africa: Ikageng, Ventersdorp and Jouberton. The research found that community members who regard themselves as religious (overall of the Christian faith) fall under two groups: the religious determinists or fatalists, who see climate as a natural process that is governed by God, and religious participants who deny this ‘naturalness’ and acknowledge humans’ impact on the climate. |
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