Religion and Resistance in Appalachia

Faith and the Fight against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

Joseph D. Witt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2016
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-6812-8 (ISBN)

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In the last fifty years, the Appalachian Mountains have suffered permanent and profound change due to the expansion of surface coal mining. The irrevocable devastation caused by this practice has forced local citizens to redefine their identities, their connections to global economic forces, their pasts, and their futures. Religion is a key factor in the fierce debate over mountaintop removal; some argue that it violates a divine mandate to protect the earth, while others contend that coal mining is a God-given gift to ensure human prosperity and comfort.

In Religion and Resistance in Appalachia: Faith and the Fight against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining, Joseph D. Witt examines how religious and environmental ethics foster resistance to mountaintop removal coal mining. Drawing on extensive interviews with activists, teachers, preachers, and community leaders, Witt's research offers a fresh analysis of an important and dynamic topic. His study reflects a diversity of denominational perspectives, exploring Catholic and mainline Protestant views of social and environmental justice, evangelical Christian readings of biblical ethics, and Native and nontraditional spiritual traditions. By placing Appalachian resistance to mountaintop removal in a comparative international context, Witt's work also provides new outlooks on the future of the region and its inhabitants. His timely study enhances, challenges, and advances conversations not only about the region, but also about the relationship between religion and environmental activism.

Joseph D. Witt, associate professor of religion at Mississippi State University, is a contributor to Grounding Religion: A Field Guide to the Study of Religion and Ecology.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.11.2016
Reihe/Serie	Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies
Zusatzinfo	11 b&w photos
Verlagsort	Lexington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Bergbau
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	0-8131-6812-0 / 0813168120
ISBN-13	978-0-8131-6812-8 / 9780813168128
Zustand	Neuware