02823nam 2200613 450 991046065550332120200520144314.00-8131-6669-10-8131-6600-40-8131-6601-2(CKB)3710000000503131(EBL)4081670(MiAaPQ)EBC4081670(StDuBDS)EDZ0001374834(OCoLC)927169035(MdBmJHUP)muse47548(MiAaPQ)EBC4081672(Au-PeEL)EBL4081670(CaPaEBR)ebr11117727(CaONFJC)MIL845989(Au-PeEL)EBL4081672(CaPaEBR)ebr11117729(EXLCZ)99371000000050313120151111h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSacred mountains a christian ethical approach to mountaintop removal /Thompson, Andrew R. HLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,2015.©20151 online resource (213 p.)Place matters : new directions in Appalachian studiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8131-6599-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian StudiesMountainsReligious aspectsReligionHistoryElectronic books.MountainsReligious aspects.ReligionHistory.291.212Thompson Andrew R. H.1037278MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460655503321Sacred mountains2458134UNINA