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: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Appalachians (People) > Religion.
Environmentalism > Religious aspects > Appalachian Region.
Community activists > Appalachian Region.
Landscape protection > Appalachian Region > Citizen participation.
Coal mines and mining > Social aspects > Appalachian Region.
Coal mines and mining > Environmental aspects > Appalachian Region.
Mountaintop removal mining > Social aspects > Appalachian Region.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • introduction : Marsh Fork Elementary, June 23, 2009
  • 1. Religion, place, and mountaintop removal
  • 2. Seeking justice : religion, service, and defending the poor in Appalachia
  • 3. Caring for creation : environmental stewardship and theocentric activism in Appalachia
  • 4. Defending mother earth : biocentrism and nature-venerating spiritualities
  • 5. Religion, friction, and cultural encounter in the anti-mountaintop removal movement
  • Conclusion : looking to the future in Appalachia and beyond
  • Appendix : discussion of methods.

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