1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460655503321

Autore

Thompson Andrew R. H.

Titolo

Sacred mountains : a christian ethical approach to mountaintop removal / / Thompson, Andrew R. H

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8131-6669-1

0-8131-6600-4

0-8131-6601-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Place matters : new directions in Appalachian studies

Disciplina

291.212

Soggetti

Mountains - Religious aspects

Religion - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Ethics in its place -- Overturning mountains -- Downstream impacts: environmental, economic, and social effects of mountaintop removal -- Environmental ethics and the construction of values -- Relation, revelation, and revolution: a theocentric approach to mountaintop removal -- The meanings of the mountains: discourses of power, identity, and destruction in the mountaintop removal debate -- All my holy mountain: power, identity, and reclamation from a theocentric perspective -- Loving the mountains: conclusions, challenges, and ways forward.

Sommario/riassunto

Proposes a Christian ethical analysis of the controversial mining practice that has increasingly divided the US and has often led to fierce and even violent confrontations. Andrew R.H. Thompson provides a thorough introduction to the issues surrounding surface mining, including the environmental consequences and the resultant religious debates, and highlights the discussions being carried out in the media.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480235303321

Titolo

Speaking to body and soul : instructions for the Moravian choir helpers, 1785-1786 / / edited and translated by Katherine M. Faull

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-271-07962-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 185 pages :) : illustrations ;

Collana

Pietist, Moravian, and Anabaptist studies

Disciplina

284.6

Soggetti

Pastoral care

Theological anthropology - Moravian Church

Human body - Religious aspects - Moravian Church

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This volume consists of the translation of 214 pages of German manuscripts, dated 1785-86, held at the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The manuscripts, titled 'Instructions for the Choir Helpers,' are copies of originals held in the Archives of the Unity of the Brethren in Herrnhut, Germany. Preface.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The single sisters' choir -- The single brethren's choir -- The married persons' choir -- The widows' choir.

Sommario/riassunto

"An annotated and translated collection of instructions on religion, health, sexuality, and family life from the eighteenth-century Moravian Church"--Provided by publisher.