| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Place matters |
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Place matters
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ecotheology -- Appalachian Region
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Mountaintop removal mining -- Appalachian Region
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Ethics.
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Ecotheology
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Mountaintop removal mining
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Appalachian Region
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813166018 |
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0813166012 |
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9780813166001 |
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0813166004 |
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9780813166698 |
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0813166691 |
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