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

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Thompson, Andrew R. H

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TextSeries: Place mattersPublisher: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2015Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813166018
0813166012
9780813166001
0813166004
9780813166698
0813166691

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sacred mountainsDDC classification:

261.8/8 23

LOC classification:

BT695.5 .T474 2015eb

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

English.

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