TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thompson,Andrew R.H.
TI  - Sacred mountains: a Christian ethical approach to mountaintop removal 
T2  - Place matters
SN  - 9780813166018
AV  - BT695.5 .T474 2015eb
U1  - 261.8/8 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Lexington, Kentucky
PB  - University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Ecotheology
KW  - Appalachian Region
KW  - Mountaintop removal mining
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - Social Issues
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christianity
KW  - General
KW  - Christian Theology
KW  - Ethics
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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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