A GREENING OF RELIGION - SOME EVIDENCE FROM A PENNSYLVANIA SAMPLE

Contemporary historians continue to debate the validity of White's (19 67) argument that Judeo-Christianity justifies ''dominion'' over natur e. Sociological analyses have provided somewhat ambivalent empirical e vidence, generally focusing on environmental attitudes rather than beh aviors. This paper analyzes the impact of religious affiliation and ch urch attendance upon both environmental attitudes and behaviors. Churc h attendance was negatively related to environmental attitudes. When a ttitudes were controlled, however, there was a net positive relationsh ip between church attendance and environmental behaviors.