Humans and Nature: Does Religion Make a Difference in Indonesia?

Bagir, Zainal Abidin and Yusuf, Mohamad and Maarif, Samsul (2023) Humans and Nature: Does Religion Make a Difference in Indonesia? Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 17 (1). pp. 30-55. ISSN 17494907

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Abstract

The Human and Nature scale (HaN scale) was developed in the Western context to investigate the relationship between ideas about nature and landscape planning. This pilot study expands the HaN scale and includes religion as an independent variable to investigate perceptions of humannature relations in Indonesia. It examines how religious affiliation and religious practices influence visions of human-nature relations. This study shows that religious affiliation makes no difference. Muslims, Catholics, Protestants, and Hindus share their acceptance of the stewardship, partnership, and participation models while rejecting the master model. However, religious practice does make a difference. Those who practice religion to a lesser extent tend to agree more with the mastery vision than those who practice religion to a greater extent. This study suggests that religion makes a difference, not in terms of what religion respondents affiliate with, but in how religious they are.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: factor analysis; HaN scale; Human-nature relationship; Indonesia; religious affiliation
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Divisions: Faculty of Cultural Sciences > Tourism Department
Depositing User: OKTAVIANA DWI P
Date Deposited: 12 Sep 2024 03:18
Last Modified: 12 Sep 2024 03:18
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/6849

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