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.
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.
![Religion and Resistance in Appalachia: Faith and the Fight against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining](http://img.images-bn.com/static/redesign/srcs/images/grey-box.png?v11.10.4)
Religion and Resistance in Appalachia: Faith and the Fight against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
296![Religion and Resistance in Appalachia: Faith and the Fight against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining](http://img.images-bn.com/static/redesign/srcs/images/grey-box.png?v11.10.4)
Religion and Resistance in Appalachia: Faith and the Fight against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
296Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780813179100 |
---|---|
Publisher: | University Press of Kentucky |
Publication date: | 02/25/2020 |
Series: | Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies |
Pages: | 296 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |