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Book Ecoliberation

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer D. Grubbs
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2021-06-15
  • ISBN : 0228007380
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book Ecoliberation written by Jennifer D. Grubbs and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disenchanted by indirect forms of protest designed to work within existing systems of corporate and state power, animal and earth liberation activists have turned instead to direct action. In this detailed ethnographic account Jennifer Grubbs takes the reader inside the complicated, intricate world of these powerful and controversial interventions, nuancing the harrowing realities of political repression with the inspiring, clever ways that activists resist. Grubbs draws on her personal experiences within the movement to offer a thoughtful and intersectional analysis. Tracing the strategies of liberationist activists as they grapple with doing activism under extreme repression, Ecoliberation challenges ubiquitous frameworks that position protestors as either good or bad by showing how activists playfully and confrontationally enact radical social change. Nearly a decade in the making, the book looks back at the notorious period of repression called the Green Scare and draws contemporary connections to the creep of fascism under President Donald Trump. In stories that are simultaneously heartbreaking, riddled with tension and contradiction, and inspiring, Grubbs proves that whether or not the revolution is televised, it will be spectacular.

Book Eco Reformation

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  • Author : Lisa E. Dahill
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2016-10-31
  • ISBN : 1498225470
  • Pages : 295 pages

Download or read book Eco Reformation written by Lisa E. Dahill and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2017 Christians around the world will mark the five hundredth anniversary of the Reformation. In the midst of many appeals for reformation today, a growing number of theologians, scholars, and activists around the world believe Reformation celebrations in 2017 and beyond need to focus now on the urgent need for an Eco-Reformation. The rise of industrial, fossil fuel-driven capitalism and the explosive growth in human population endanger the fundamental planetary life-support systems on which life as we know it has evolved. The collective impact of human production, consumption, and reproduction is undermining the ecological systems that support human life on Earth. If human beings do not reform their relationship with God's creation, unspeakable suffering will befall many--especially the weakest and most vulnerable among all species. The conviction at the heart of this collection of essays is that a gospel call for ecological justice belongs at the heart of the five hundredth anniversary observance of the Reformation in 2017 and as a--if not the--central dimension of Christian conversion, faith, and practice into the foreseeable future. Like Luther's Ninety-Five Theses, this volume brings together critical biblical, pastoral, theological, historical, and ethical perspectives that constructively advance the vision of a socially and ecologically flourishing Earth.

Book A Theory of Environmental Leadership

Download or read book A Theory of Environmental Leadership written by Mark Manolopoulos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Theory of Environmental Leadership, Mark Manolopoulos draws on his original model of leading outlined in his cutting-edge book Following Reason to derive and develop the first properly systematic model of eco-leadership. Suppose humanity’s relation with the Earth may be described in terms of leadership "stages" or modalities: once upon a time, the Earth led or ruled humanity, and now we humans rule or lead the Earth. When the Earth led, the Earth flourished; now that humankind leads, the Earth flounders - ecological crises multiply and intensify. However, there might be a third stage or modality of leadership: humanity leading for the Earth, leading in a way that allows the world, including humans, to re-flourish. What would be the nature of this truly environmental form of leadership? A Theory of Environmental Leadership identifies and critically analyzes the two basic and incompatible positions associated with the way we construe and interact with the non-human: anthropocentrism (human supremacism) and ecocentrism (ecological egalitarianism). By rigorously analyzing and leveraging this polarity, this book outlines an innovative theory of eco-leadership together with some of its confronting-but-necessary measures. Expansive and incredibly timely, A Theory of Environmental Leadership is ideal for a range of audiences, from scholars and students of environmental leadership studies to activists and policymakers. The book’s remarkable clarity and engaging character also makes it suitable for the general public.

Book An Ecological Theology of Liberation

Download or read book An Ecological Theology of Liberation written by Daniel P. Castillo and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the relationship between salvation, human liberation, and care for creation? Extending the ideas presented in Gustavo Gutierrez's A Theology of Liberation, Daniel Castillo embraces a green liberation theology that recognizes the need for political and ideological paradigm shifts in relation to globalization.

Book National Council of Churches Review

Download or read book National Council of Churches Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 876 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Eco Theology

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  • Author : Hans Günter Heimbrock
  • Publisher : Brill Schoningh
  • Release : 2021-01-15
  • ISBN : 9783506760364
  • Pages : 327 pages

Download or read book Eco Theology written by Hans Günter Heimbrock and published by Brill Schoningh. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume gives thankful resonance to Prof. Sigurd Bergmann, Lund, on the occasion of his 65th birthday. With its 14 contributions it intends to honor Sigurd Bergmann for all his academic and personal efforts in the areas of critical thinking, responsible ethics, and ingenious spirituality in service of the earth as protected habitat. The authors come from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Germany, Montenegro, the UK, South Africa, and Indonesia. The contributions cover a wide range of issues related to eco-theology, namely aesthetics, moral philosophy, theology, history of religion, philosophy of education, history of literature, political theory, and economics.

Book Wish I Were Here

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  • Author : Mark Kingwell
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2019-04-08
  • ISBN : 0773557946
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book Wish I Were Here written by Mark Kingwell and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you bored of the endless scroll of your social media feed? Do you swipe left before considering the human being whose face you just summarily rejected? Do you skim articles on your screen in search of intellectual stimulation that never arrives? If so, this book is the philosophical lifeline you have been waiting for. Offering a timely meditation on the profound effects of constant immersion in technology, also known as the Interface, Wish I Were Here draws on philosophical analysis of boredom and happiness to examine the pressing issues of screen addiction and the lure of online outrage. Without moralizing, Mark Kingwell takes seriously the possibility that current conditions of life and connection are creating hollowed-out human selves, divorced from their own external world. While scrolling, swiping, and clicking suggest purposeful action, such as choosing and connecting with others, Kingwell argues that repeated flicks of the finger provide merely the shadow of meaning, by reducing us to scattered data fragments, Twitter feeds, Instagram posts, shopping preferences, and text trends captured by algorithms. Written in accessible language that references both classical philosophers and contemporary critics, Wish I Were Here turns to philosophy for a cure to the widespread unease that something is amiss in modern waking life.

Book The Intersectionality of Critical Animal  Disability  and Environmental Studies

Download or read book The Intersectionality of Critical Animal Disability and Environmental Studies written by Anthony J. Nocella and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Intersectionality of Critical Animal, Disability, and Environmental Studies:Toward Eco-ability, Justice, and Liberation is an interdisciplinary collection of theoretical writings on the intersectional liberation of nonhuman animals, the environment, and those with disabilities. As animal consumption raises health concerns and global warming causes massive environmental destruction, this book interweaves these issues and more. This important cutting-edge book lends to the rapidly growing movement of eco-ability, a scholarly field and activist movement influenced by environmental studies, disability studies, and critical animal studies, similar to other intersectional fields and movements such as eco-feminism, environmental justice, food justice, and decolonization. Contributors to this book are in the fields of education, philosophy, sociology, criminology, rhetoric, theology, anthropology, and English. If you are interested in social justice, inclusion, environmental protection, disability rights, and animal advocacy this is a must read book.

Book Ecology   Liberation

Download or read book Ecology Liberation written by Boff, Leonardo and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2014-12-03 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Pamphleteer Monthly

Download or read book The Pamphleteer Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Revolutionary Routines

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  • Author : Carolyn Pedwell
  • Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
  • Release : 2021-05-01
  • ISBN : 0228007623
  • Pages : 203 pages

Download or read book Revolutionary Routines written by Carolyn Pedwell and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although we tend to associate social transformation with major events, historical turning points, or revolutionary upheaval, Revolutionary Routines argues that seemingly minor everyday habits are the key to meaningful change. Through its account of influential socio-political processes – such as the resurgence of fascism and white supremacy, the crafting of new technologies of governance, and the operation of digital media and algorithms – this book rethinks not only how change works, but also what counts as change. Drawing examples from the affective politics of Trumpism and Brexit, nudge theory and behaviour change, social media and the international refugee crisis, and the networked activism of Occupy and Black Lives Matter, Carolyn Pedwell argues that minor gestures may be as significant as major happenings, revealing the powerful potential in our ability to remake shared habits and imaginatively reinhabit everyday life. Revolutionary Routines offers a new understanding of the logics of habit and the nature of social change, power, and progressive politics, illustrating diverse forms of consciousness and co-operation through which political solidarities might take shape.

Book Pamphleteer Monthly

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1943
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 84 pages

Download or read book Pamphleteer Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Philip Payton

Download or read book Philip Payton written by Kevin McGruder and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the early twentieth century, Harlem—the iconic Black neighborhood—was predominantly white. The Black real estate entrepreneur Philip Payton played a central role in Harlem’s transformation. He founded the Afro-American Realty Company in 1903, vowing to vanquish housing discrimination. Yet this ambitious mission faltered as Payton faced the constraints of white capitalist power structures. In this biography, Kevin McGruder explores Payton’s career and its implications for the history of residential segregation. Payton stood up for the right of Black people to live in Harlem in the face of vocal white resistance. Through skillful use of print media, he branded Harlem as a Black community and attracted interest from those interested in racial uplift. Yet while Payton “opened” Harlem streets, his business model depended on continued racial segregation. Like white real estate investors, he benefited from the lack of housing options available to desperate Black tenants by charging higher rents. Payton developed a specialty in renting all-Black buildings, rather than the integrated buildings he had once envisioned, and his personal successes ultimately entrenched Manhattan’s racial boundaries. McGruder highlights what Payton’s story shows about the limits of seeking advancement through enterprise in a capitalist system deeply implicated in racial inequality. At a time when understanding the roots of residential segregation has become increasingly urgent, this biography sheds new light on the man and the forces that shaped Harlem.

Book Earth First  Direct Action Manual

Download or read book Earth First Direct Action Manual written by The Dam Collective and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 300+ pages of diagrams, descriptions of techniques and a comprehensive overview of the role direct action plays in resistance--from planning an action, doing a soft blockade, putting up a treesit or executing a lockdown; to legal and prisoner support, direct action trainings, fun political pranks, and more. The DAM has been compiled and updated by frontline activists from around the US to help spread the knowledge and get these skills farther out in the world.

Book Ex Free

    Book Details:
  • Author : Troy Byer
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2014-08-20
  • ISBN : 9781544839172
  • Pages : 164 pages

Download or read book Ex Free written by Troy Byer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now a scientific fact, the pain we experience as a result of heartbreak stimulates the same region of the brain stimulated when we are experiencing physical pain. From personal experience, psychology doctoral candidate Troy Byer profoundly understands heartbreak pain is real. As a direct result of her personal experience, in this book, Troy will help you to understand, getting over your ex is a delicate process that requires actions beyond crying, gossiping, stalking, ignoring or avoiding. Such a process demands that you let go of your immobilizing monologs and that you move into transforming dialogues and inquiries that are life altering experiences. In addition to fulfilling the process above, the 9 Keys in this book will enable you to alter your relationship to pain, labels and your circumstances. To better understand how you navigate the tumultuous sea of love, these 9 Keys will assist you in finding the sea vessel that best represents you. Once you understand how you are designed, you will also understand the importance of choosing other ships that your ship can inherently relate to and therefore comfortably be in a relation-ship with. Metaphorically speaking, if you're a slow but steady Rowboat personality, the way you navigate the sea in the midst of a storm will vastly differ from that of a thrill-seeking Speedboat personality. As a result of this difference, it's inevitable that someone is going overboard. Finally, in addition to identifying and learning about the kind of boat you float on the sea of love, you will also learn about the secret treasures you exchanged with your ex while journeying as one. The surprise is that these precious treasures are truly the treasures you have been diving for and nearly willing to die for your entire life. Once you understand, you already possess the treasure you have been seeking on the sea of love, the search outside of you ends and a new relationship with yourself begins.

Book Lived Theology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Marsh
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 0190630728
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Lived Theology written by Charles Marsh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The lived theology movement is built on the work of an emerging generation of theologians and scholars who pursue research, teaching, and writing as a form of public discipleship, motivated by the conviction that theology can enhance lived experience. This volume--based on a two-year collaboration with the Project on Lived Theology at the University of Virginia--offers a series of illustrations and styles of lived theology, in conversation with other major approaches to the religious interpretation of embodied life.

Book Ecological Liberation Theology

Download or read book Ecological Liberation Theology written by William Holden and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change-related effects and aftermaths of natural disasters, such as Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, have wreaked havoc on local peoples’ lives and livelihoods, especially in impoverished coastal communities. This book looks at local-level responses to the effects of climate change from the perspective of ecological theology and feminism, which provides a solution-based and gender-equitable approach to some of the problems of climate change. It examines how local social and religious action workers are partnering with local communities to transform and reconstruct their lives and livelihoods in the 21st century.