Given their large number of adherents, and the land and property they own, religious communities have been identified as groups that could have an influence on achieving carbon net-zero. The theological views held by religious communities relating to ecological matters – their “ecotheological values” – play an important role in motivating their environmental concern and action. But which ecotheological ideas are most, and which are least, efficacious in this respect? This paper presents findings salient to this question from a recent survey (n = 319) conducted amongst Christian activists and advocates concerned with climate change. It reports on which ecotheological ideas are most widely and firmly held amongst samples from six Christian environmental activist and advocacy groups in the UK, and discusses the extent to which these ideas are either continuous with mainstream Christian theology, or indicate innovative theological thinking. We find examples of both: some mainstream views are popular, and some are unpopular, amongst our sample, whilst some innovative and newer ideas are becoming more popular, whilst others are resisted. These results will be useful in seeking to promote a greater pro-environmental stance within Christian communities more widely.

Finlay Malcolm

Peter Manley Scott

Environmental Values

Environmental Values is an international peer-reviewed journal that brings together contributions from philosophy, economics, politics, sociology, geography, anthropology, ecology and other disciplines, which relate to the present and future environment of human beings and other species. In doing so we aim to clarify the relationship between practical policy issues and more fundamental underlying principles or assumptions.

Environmental Values is an international peer-reviewed journal that brings together contributions from various disciplines, including philosophy, economics, politics, sociology, geography, anthropology, and ecology, related to the current and future environment of human beings and other species. Our aim is to clarify the relationship between practical policy issues and the more fundamental underlying principles or assumptions.

《Environmental Values》是一本国际同行评审期刊，汇集了来自哲学、经济学、政治学、社会学、地理学、人类学、生态学等多个学科的贡献，涉及人类及其他物种的当前和未来环境。我们的目标是澄清实际政策问题与更基本的原则或假设之间的关系。

Category	Quartile
哲学	2
哲学, 伦理学	2
哲学, 环境研究	3

The ecotheological values of Christian climate change activists

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