Description: A groundbreaking and nuanced study that looks past the traditionally conflicting stereotypes about religion and environmental consciousness in Appalachia, Sacred Mountains offers a new approach that unifies all communities, regardless of their beliefs.
Brief description: 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.
Review Quotes:
Anyone who cares about the religious and sociological factors that contribute to hardened attitudes toward mountaintop removal or wants to re-narrate the issues in ways that lead to mutual understanding and real change will need to take this book into account.
-- "Religious Studies Review"