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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Witt, Joseph D. Religion and resistance in Appalachia. Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2016] (DLC) 2016046792 (OCoLC)945951466 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph D Witt |
ISBN: | 0813168147 9780813168142 |
OCLC Number: | 961343611 |
Description: | 1 online resource (295) |
Contents: | Marsh Fork Elementary, June 23, 2009 -- Religion, place, and mountaintop removal -- Seeking justice: religion, service, and defending the poor in Appalachia -- Caring for creation: environmental stewardship and theocentric activism in Appalachia -- Defending mother earth: biocentrism and nature-venerating spiritualities -- Religion, friction, and cultural encounter in the anti-mountaintop removal movement -- Looking to the future in Appalachia and beyond. |
Series Title: | Place matters (Series) (Lexington, Ky.) |
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Religion and Resistance in Appalachia: Faith and the Fight against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining captures and interprets the complexities of what is going on - religiously, as well as politically, economically, and socially - among protestors fighting for their homes in Appalachia. Witt's careful study sheds new light on the role of faith in protest, and anyone interested in religious environmentalism should read this book."" - Kevin O'Brien, associate professor of Christian ethics at Pacific Lutheran University Read more...
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- Appalachian Region -- Religion.
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- Mountaintop removal mining -- Appalachian Region.
- Coal mines and mining -- Appalachian Region.
- Environmental degradation -- Appalachian Region.
- Coal mines and mining.
- Ecotheology.
- Environmental degradation.
- Mountaintop removal mining.
- Religion.
- Appalachian Region.