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Ecclesial Opposition to Mining on Mindanao:

Number

LA129471

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Ecclesial Opposition to Mining on Mindanao:

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[Article]

Other Title Information

Neoliberalism Encounters the Church of the Poor in the Land of Promise

First Statement of Responsibility

William Holden, Daniel Jacobson, William Holden, et al.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

"In the developing world, environmental issues are often livelihood issues as the poor try to protect resources necessary for their subsistence. This paper examines the opposition of the Roman Catholic Church, on the Island of Mindanao, to neoliberal policies designed by the Philippine government to encourage nonferrous metals mining by multinational corporations. Mining is an activity with substantial potential for environmental degradation that can deprive the poor of their livelihood. The Church, demonstrating the influence of liberation theology and its preferential option for the poor, has taken a stance opposing mining as an activity that may harm the poor by degrading the environment upon which they depend for their livelihood and further impoverish them. The paper examines the Church's efforts to provide alternative development programs for the poor and discusses the potential for more conflict between neoliberalism, and its "top down" methods of implementing policies, and liberation theology with its "bottom up" perspective on achieving development. In the developing world, environmental issues are often livelihood issues as the poor try to protect resources necessary for their subsistence. This paper examines the opposition of the Roman Catholic Church, on the Island of Mindanao, to neoliberal policies designed by the Philippine government to encourage nonferrous metals mining by multinational corporations. Mining is an activity with substantial potential for environmental degradation that can deprive the poor of their livelihood. The Church, demonstrating the influence of liberation theology and its preferential option for the poor, has taken a stance opposing mining as an activity that may harm the poor by degrading the environment upon which they depend for their livelihood and further impoverish them. The paper examines the Church's efforts to provide alternative development programs for the poor and discusses the potential for more conflict between neoliberalism, and its "top down" methods of implementing policies, and liberation theology with its "bottom up" perspective on achieving development."

Date of Publication

2007

Physical description

155-202

Title

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

Volume Number

11/2

International Standard Serial Number

1568-5357

Subject Term

LIBERATION THEOLOGY

Subject Term

MINDANAO

Subject Term

MINING

Subject Term

PHILIPPINES

Subject Term

POLITICAL ECOLOGY

Daniel Jacobson

William Holden

Call Number

10.1163/156853507X204923

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[Article]

275578

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Y