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Sacred Mountains
R. H. Thompson
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Description for Sacred Mountains
Series: Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies. Num Pages: 222 pages, 6 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HRCX6; KNAT; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
On a misty morning in eastern Kentucky, cross-bearing Christians gather for a service on a surface-mined mountain. They pray for the health and renewal of the land and for their communities, lamenting the corporate greed of the mining companies. On another day, in southern West Virginia, Andrew Jordon hosts Bible study in a small cabin overlooking a disused 1,400-acre surface mine. He believes his efforts to reclaim sites like these represent responsible environmental stewardship.
In Sacred Mountains, Andrew R. H. Thompson highlights scenes such as these in order to propose a Christian ethical analysis of the controversial mining ... Read more
On a misty morning in eastern Kentucky, cross-bearing Christians gather for a service on a surface-mined mountain. They pray for the health and renewal of the land and for their communities, lamenting the corporate greed of the mining companies. On another day, in southern West Virginia, Andrew Jordon hosts Bible study in a small cabin overlooking a disused 1,400-acre surface mine. He believes his efforts to reclaim sites like these represent responsible environmental stewardship.
In Sacred Mountains, Andrew R. H. Thompson highlights scenes such as these in order to propose a Christian ethical analysis of the controversial mining ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
Series
Place Matters: New Directions in Appalachian Studies
Number of Pages
212
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813165998
SKU
V9780813165998
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About R. H. Thompson
Andrew R. H. Thompson is assistant director of the Center for Religion and Environment and postdoctoral fellow in environmental ethics at Sewanee's School of Theology. He has contributed chapters to The Changing World Religions Map: Sacred Places, Identities, Practices, and Politics; Life-Widening Mission: Global Anglican Perspectives; and Edinburgh 2010: Mission Today and Tomorrow.
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