Religion and resistance in Appalachia : faith and the fight against mountaintop removal coal mining /

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In the last fifty years, the Appalachian Mountains have suffered permanent and profound change due to the expansion of surface coal mining. The irrevocable devastation caused by this practice has forced local citizens to redefine their identities, their connections to global economic forces, their p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Witt, Joseph D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2016.
Colección:Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies.
Temas:
Ecotheology > Appalachian Region.
Mountaintop removal mining > Appalachian Region.
Coal mines and mining > Appalachian Region.
Environmental degradation > Appalachian Region.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Coal mines and mining.
Ecotheology.
Environmental degradation.
Mountaintop removal mining.
Religion.
Appalachian Region > Religion.
Appalachian Region.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Religion, Place, and Mountaintop Removal; 2 Seeking Justice; 3 Caring for Creation; 4 Defending Mother Earth; 5 Religion, Friction, and Cultural Encounter in the Anti-Mountaintop Removal Movement; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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