Religion and social values for sustainability
Religion and social values for sustainability
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DOI：
10.1007/s11625-019-00657-0
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发表时间：
2019-09-01
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6
通讯作者：
Kidwell, Jeremy
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作者：
Ives, Christopher D.;Kidwell, Jeremy
有关环境和可持续性问题的社会价值观的讨论几乎完全是在世俗的知识背景下进行的。然而，随着人们重新强调文化是人与自然之间关系的定义和塑造者，学术界越来越重视宗教和精神信仰在定义和理解社会价值观方面的作用。在这篇文章中，我们探讨了宗教和可持续发展的社会价值观的交叉点。首先，我们认为这一关系，因为它已经在现有的奖学金探索。我们承认，有大量研究表明，许多宗教都与自我超越的价值观广泛相关。然而，它们转化为环保态度和行为的程度因环境而异。第二，我们认为，虽然有很多潜在的支持人类价值观的可持续性在宗教传统，这是至关重要的，宗教被视为一个复杂的，多标量和多维的制度现象。因此，对宗教与社会价值观之间关系的分析必须考虑到叙事、历史和实践的背景。第三，使用这个透镜，我们展示了宗教的观点如何有助于可持续发展的系统性变化的可操作性理论。最后，我们概述了进一步可持续发展研究的关键原则，以促进对宗教和社会价值观之间关系的认识。
Discourse on social values as they relate to environmental and sustainability issues has almost exclusively been conducted in a secular intellectual context. However, with a renewed emphasis on culture as defining and shaping links between people and nature, there has been an increasing level of scholarly attention to the role of religion and spirituality in defining and understanding social values. In this article we explore the intersection of religion and social values for sustainability. First, we consider this nexus as it has been explored in existing scholarship. We acknowledge a body of research that has suggested that many religions are broadly associated with self-transcendent values. However, the degree to which they are translated into pro-environmental attitudes and behaviour varies according to context. Second, we argue that while there is much potential support for human values for sustainability within religious traditions, it is essential that religion is seen as a complex, multi-scalar and multi-dimensional institutional phenomena. Consequently, analysis of the relationship between religion and social values must account for the context of narratives, histories and practices. Third, using this lens, we show how religious perspectives can contribute to operationalising theories of systemic change for sustainability. Finally, we outline key principles for further sustainability research seeking to advance knowledge on the relationship between religion and social values.