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

• Autore: Thompson Andrew R. H.
• 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
• 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
• 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.: 9910797848003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies