Religious beliefs and climate change adaptation: A study of three rural South African communities
Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Religious beliefs and climate change adaptation: A study of three rural South African communities | |
| Creator | Schuman, Simone Dokken, Jon-Vegard van Niekerk, Dewald Loubser, Ruth A. | |
| Description | 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. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2018-10-16 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jamba.v10i1.509 | |
| Source | Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies; Vol 10, No 1 (2018); 12 pages 1996-1421 2072-845X | |
| Language | eng | |
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