Prophets, Pastors and Public Choices : Canadian Churches and the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Debate

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The Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline debate included many actors. This is the first in-depth study in comparative religious ethics to examine the debate with a particular focus on the role of the Canadian churches. In 1974 twenty-seven of the world's largest oil and natural gas companies a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hutchinson, Roger
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religion.
Ethics.
Church and social problems.
RELIGION > Reference.
RELIGION > Essays.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
religion (discipline)
Église et problemes sociaux > Canada.
Church and social problems > Canada.
Northwest Territories > Mackenzie Valley Pipeline.
Canada.
Pipeline de la vallee du Mackenzie (T.N.-O.) > Aspect moral.
Pipeline de la vallee du Mackenzie (T.N.-O.) > Aspect de l'environnement.
Mackenzie Valley Pipeline (N.W.T.) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Mackenzie Valley Pipeline (N.W.T.) > Environmental aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 A Mackenzie Valley Pipeline: From Inevitable Next Step to Public Debate; Chapter 2 Different Stories, Different Definitions of the Problem; Chapter 3 "Hard Facts" and the Need for a Northern Pipeline; Chapter 4 Assessing the Consequences; Chapter 5 Competing Rights and Conflicting Ways of Life; Chapter 6 Post-ethical Clarification and Religious Convictions; Conclusion; Index.

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