Religion and resistance in Appalachia faith and the fight against mountaintop removal coal mining /

Witt, Joseph D.,

Religion and resistance in Appalachia faith and the fight against mountaintop removal coal mining / Joseph D. Witt. - Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (295 pages) - Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

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



9780813168142 9780813168135


Ecotheology--Appalachian Region.
Mountaintop removal mining--Appalachian Region.
Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region.
Environmental degradation--Appalachian Region.


Electronic Books.

BR517 / .R455 2016