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.

UNICASRML0237926

Autore

PIPAN, Tatiana

Titolo

Sciopero contro l'utente : La metamorfosi del conflitto industriale / Tatiana Pipan ; prefazione di Vittorio Foa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino, : Bollati Boringhieri, 1989

Descrizione fisica

189 p. ; 20 cm

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia