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100 1 Witt, Joseph D.,|eauthor.
245 10 Religion and resistance in Appalachia :|bfaith and the
fight against mountaintop removal coal mining /|cJoseph D.
Witt.
264 1 Lexington :|bThe University Press of Kentucky,|c2016.
300 1 online resource (295 pages).
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490 1 Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies
504 Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Religion,
Place, and Mountaintop Removal; 2 Seeking Justice; 3
Caring for Creation; 4 Defending Mother Earth; 5 Religion,
Friction, and Cultural Encounter in the Anti-Mountaintop
Removal Movement; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix;
Notes; Bibliography; Index.
520 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.
588 0 Print version record.
650 0 Ecotheology|zAppalachian Region.
650 0 Mountaintop removal mining|zAppalachian Region.
650 0 Coal mines and mining|zAppalachian Region.
650 0 Environmental degradation|zAppalachian Region.
650 7 RELIGION|xChristian Life|xSocial Issues.|2bisacsh
650 7 RELIGION|xChristianity|xGeneral.|2bisacsh
650 7 Coal mines and mining.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00865355
650 7 Ecotheology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01745544
650 7 Environmental degradation.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00912877
650 7 Mountaintop removal mining.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01028392
650 7 Religion.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01093763
651 0 Appalachian Region|xReligion.
651 7 Appalachian Region.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01240092
776 08 |iPrint version:|aWitt, Joseph D.|tReligion and Resistance
in Appalachia : Faith and the Fight against Mountaintop
Removal Coal Mining.|dLexington : The University Press of
Kentucky, ©2016|z9780813168128
830 0 Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies.
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