Mining for Christ: Eco-Justice in Contexts of Resource Extraction

This article discusses the social and ecological impacts of fracking for oil on religious communities in Western North Dakota. Attention is furthermore given to racial tensions between the settler and indigenous communities that have become pronounced within churches in relation to the repudiation o...

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Published in:Interreligious studies and intercultural theology
Main Author: Pranger, Jan Hendrik 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publishing Ltd [2019]
In: Interreligious studies and intercultural theology
Further subjects:B resource extraction
B Indigenous Peoples
B Social Ethics
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Summary:This article discusses the social and ecological impacts of fracking for oil on religious communities in Western North Dakota. Attention is furthermore given to racial tensions between the settler and indigenous communities that have become pronounced within churches in relation to the repudiation of the discovery doctrine and the protests at the Standing Rock Reservation against the North Dakota Access Pipeline in the fall of 2016.
ISSN:2397-348X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interreligious studies and intercultural theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/isit.38336