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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Schuman, Simone
• Van Niekerk, Dewald
• Dokken, Jon-Vegard
• Loubser, Ruth A.

Titel

Religious beliefs and climate change adaptation : a study of three rural South African communities

Ist Teil von

• Jamba, 2018, Vol.10 (1), p.1-12

Ort / Verlag

South Africa: AOSIS

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

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Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.