God and the Green Divide : Religious Environmentalism in Black and White / Amanda J. Baugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baugh, Amanda J., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Environmentalism.

Environmentalism--United States.

Environmentalism--Religious aspects--Case studies.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

American environmentalism historically has been associated with the interests of white elites. Yet religious leaders in the twenty-first century have helped instill concern about the earth among groups diverse in religion, race, ethnicity, and class. How did that happen and what are the implications? Building on scholarship that provides theological and ethical resources to support the "greening" of religion, God and the Green Divide examines religious environmentalism as it actually happens in the daily lives of urban Americans. Baugh demonstrates how complex dynamics related to race, ethnicity, and class factor into decisions to "go green." By carefully examining negotiations of racial and ethnic identities as central to the history of religious environmentalism, this work complicates assumptions that religious environmentalism is a direct expression of theology, ethics, or religious beliefs.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. People, Not Polar Bears. Faith in Place's First Ten Years

2. Religious Environmentalism in the City

3. Paths Leading to Faith in Place

4. Food and Environment at an African American Church

5. Finding Racial Diversity with Religious Pluralism

6. Faith in Place's Religious Message

7. From Grassroots to Mainstream

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520965003

0520965000

OCLC:

958276824