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ArticleAmbio2025

The multiple roles of religious actors in advancing a sustainable future.

Jens Koehrsen, Christopher D Ives

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Article in Ambio, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 authors.

Jens KoehrsenCentre for Religion, Economy, and Politics, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Jens.koehrsen@unibas.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0191-9671
Christopher D IvesSchool of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung IZSEZ0_193934
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Religious actors have great potential for influencing transformation processes toward environmentally sustainable societies. Influencing peoples' worldviews, values, and group norms, they can promote (or block) pro-environmental attitudes, lifestyles, and political decision-making. Yet, current scholarship is ambivalent about religion's contribution to environmental sustainability. This perspective article outlines various roles religious actors can assume in sustainability transitions. We suggest a systematization of four roles-(1) pioneering, (2) path-following, (3) passive observing, and (4) prohibiting change-and portray five conditions that influence and catalyze these roles-(a) theological commitment, (b) internal support, (c) resources, (d) social and political influence, and (e) wider societal conditions. Generating this conceptual clarity is crucial as it allows researchers and policy actors to recognize the diversity of religious expressions with respect to sustainability action, and grasp the conditions under which religious actors are best equipped to address sustainability challenges.

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesReligionSustainable DevelopmentHumansCultureEnvironmentReligionSustainabilityValuesWorldviews

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PMID40188199
PMCPMC12214149

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