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



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Autore: Thompson Andrew R. H. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Sacred mountains : a christian ethical approach to mountaintop removal / / Thompson, Andrew R. H Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
Disciplina: 291.212
Soggetto topico: Mountains - Religious aspects
Religion - History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Sacred mountains  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8131-6669-1
0-8131-6600-4
0-8131-6601-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910460655503321
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Serie: Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies