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Of Mountain Flesh: Space, Religion, and the Creatureliness of Appalachia

McDaniel, Scott C.
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0431-849X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1524776446663574

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Dayton, Theology.
The following dissertation articulates a constructive theology of creatureliness that speaks from within the particularities of Appalachia’s spatial topography and religious culture. I analyze the historical development and ecological implications of industrial resource extraction, specifically the practice of mountaintop removal, within the broader framework of urbanization and anthropocentrism. Drawing on the unique religio-cultural traditions of the region, particularly its 19th century expressions of Christianity, I employ a spatial hermeneutic through which I emphasize the region’s environmental and bodily elements and articulate a theological argument for the “creaturely flesh” of Appalachia.
Vince Miller, PhD (Advisor)
Silviu Bunta, PhD (Committee Member)
Kelly Johnson, PhD (Committee Member)
Anthony Smith, PhD (Committee Member)
Norman Wirzba, PhD (Committee Member)
369 p.
Religion; Theology
constructive theology; creature; Appalachia; mountaintop removal; flesh; rural; industrial resource extraction; urbanization; anthropocentrism; philosophy of space; 19th century religion; Christianity; Henri Lefebvre; Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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  • McDaniel, S. C. (2018). Of Mountain Flesh: Space, Religion, and the Creatureliness of Appalachia [Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1524776446663574

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McDaniel, Scott. Of Mountain Flesh: Space, Religion, and the Creatureliness of Appalachia. 2018. University of Dayton, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1524776446663574.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McDaniel, Scott. "Of Mountain Flesh: Space, Religion, and the Creatureliness of Appalachia." Doctoral dissertation, University of Dayton, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=dayton1524776446663574

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