عنوان

FAITH-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES IN APPALACHIA:

شماره

LA129831

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

FAITH-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES IN APPALACHIA:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

CONNECTING FAITH, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN AND REFORM

نام نخستين پديدآور

Lyndsay Moseley, David Lewis Feldman, Lyndsay Moseley, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Christian faith-based environmental reform efforts in Appalachia advance a framework for policy change based on the view that the roots of the contemporary environmental crisis are moral and spiritual in nature. We examine how this framework is advanced among twenty faith-based organizations in Appalachia-a region with a legacy of serious environmental problems and a strong Christian tradition. We argue that these groups call for a new paradigm for assessing the causes of environmental problems-and for alleviating them. Unlike the traditional paradigm for change, which emphasizes political alterations, faith-based initiatives in Appalachia seek to advance environmental reform by promoting a transformation of personal values, attitudes, and conduct in support of an environmental ethic of care. Furthermore, these initiatives' strategies focus on educational and other strategies that can bring about this personal transformation-and, eventually, societal change. The major assumptions promoted by the traditional paradigm are seen by these Appalachian initiatives as key reasons for continued environmental degradation, while the underlying values of the new paradigm constitute a vision for an earth-keeping community having individual and global dimensions. Christian faith-based environmental reform efforts in Appalachia advance a framework for policy change based on the view that the roots of the contemporary environmental crisis are moral and spiritual in nature. We examine how this framework is advanced among twenty faith-based organizations in Appalachia-a region with a legacy of serious environmental problems and a strong Christian tradition. We argue that these groups call for a new paradigm for assessing the causes of environmental problems-and for alleviating them. Unlike the traditional paradigm for change, which emphasizes political alterations, faith-based initiatives in Appalachia seek to advance environmental reform by promoting a transformation of personal values, attitudes, and conduct in support of an environmental ethic of care. Furthermore, these initiatives' strategies focus on educational and other strategies that can bring about this personal transformation-and, eventually, societal change. The major assumptions promoted by the traditional paradigm are seen by these Appalachian initiatives as key reasons for continued environmental degradation, while the underlying values of the new paradigm constitute a vision for an earth-keeping community having individual and global dimensions.

تاريخ نشر

2003

توصيف ظاهري

227-252

عنوان

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

شماره جلد

7/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1568-5357

اصطلاح موضوعی

Appalachia

اصطلاح موضوعی

Environment

اصطلاح موضوعی

Faith-based

اصطلاح موضوعی

Stewardship

اصطلاح موضوعی

Sustainability.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

David Lewis Feldman

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Lyndsay Moseley

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/156853503322709128

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y