عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA129507
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The Spirit of Environmental Justice:
General Material Designation
[Article]
Other Title Information
Resurrection Hope in Urban America
First Statement of Responsibility
Mark Wallace
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Using the resources of prophetic religion, and with special reference to the blighted city of Chester, Pennsylvania, I argue that lack of access to affordable, nutritious food is an environmental justice problem embedded within a host of other social and economic problems. A holistic analysis of the dysfunctional web that ties together seemingly disparate social pathologies can make sense of, and provide solutions for, the eco-crisis, including the food crisis, in urban communities today. I offer a case study of a grocery co-op in Chester as a successful experiment in sustainable food justice and participatory democracy that directly confronts the urban crisis, including the rising incidence of obesity and diabetes in under-resourced communities. By avoiding a carbon-intensive food regime, the Co-op is a living parable of how local food choices can undergird the health of consumers along with the bio-systems that support this and future generations of humans, animals, and plants. I conclude that the powers of resurrection hope and biblical justice are compelling resources for combatting the mean-spirited politics of greed and power that drive the downward cycle of American cities today.
SET
Date of Publication
2008
Physical description
255-269
Title
Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
Volume Number
12/2-3
International Standard Serial Number
1568-5357
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
AMERICAN CITIES
Subject Term
CHESTER, PA
Subject Term
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Subject Term
FOOD SECURITY
Subject Term
General
Subject Term
Philosophy
Subject Term
Religious Studies
Subject Term
RESURRECTION HOPE
Subject Term
Social Sciences
Subject Term
SUSTAINABILITY
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Mark Wallace
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
Call Number
10.1163/156853508X360019
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Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Article]
275578
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