The Role of Religious Orientation and Ethical Ideologies in Environmental Concerns amongst Teachers and School Staff in East Java, Indonesia

Dexon Pasaribu, Pim Martens, Bagus Takwin

2021

Abstract

Several studies show that more often than not, religion hinders the preservation awareness and efforts towards the ecology. Others, however, have found that the belief in God or the identification with a particular religion is not associated with measures for environmental concern. This study investigates how Allport’s intrinsic personal (IP) and extrinsic social (ES) religious orientation and Forsyth’s ethical ideologies of idealism and relativism relate to the measures of environmental concerns using ecocentric (EM), anthropocentric motives (AM) and general environment apathy (GEA). Using quantitative design, we survey a total of 929 school teachers and staff from 37 schools in East Java. Multiple regression is applied to analyse the data. Results suggest mixed results whereby a higher IP more often leads to a lower GEA and a higher EM and AM. On the other hand, relativism and ES consistently relate to a higher AM and a higher GEA. We also identify different components of religious orientation which correlate significantly with idealism and relativism, suggesting that individuals’ religious orientation may closely relates to their ethical belief and decision. Lastly, several approaches to interpret the results along with several significant demographic and other determinants with each of their limitations, are discussed.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Pasaribu D., Martens P. and Takwin B. (2021). The Role of Religious Orientation and Ethical Ideologies in Environmental Concerns amongst Teachers and School Staff in East Java, Indonesia. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS, ISBN 978-989-758-604-0, pages 551-573. DOI: 10.5220/0010755400003112

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ice-hums21,
author={Dexon Pasaribu and Pim Martens and Bagus Takwin},
title={The Role of Religious Orientation and Ethical Ideologies in Environmental Concerns amongst Teachers and School Staff in East Java, Indonesia},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS,},
year={2021},
pages={551-573},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010755400003112},
isbn={978-989-758-604-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Emerging Issues in Humanity Studies and Social Sciences - Volume 1: ICE-HUMS,
TI - The Role of Religious Orientation and Ethical Ideologies in Environmental Concerns amongst Teachers and School Staff in East Java, Indonesia
SN - 978-989-758-604-0
AU - Pasaribu D.
AU - Martens P.
AU - Takwin B.
PY - 2021
SP - 551
EP - 573
DO - 10.5220/0010755400003112