Overview
- An in-depth look at some of the developments in the Philippines, from the perspective of the social action workers involved in partnering with local people to reconstruct their communities and livelihoods
- The first book to examine the impact of climate change on local communities from the perspective of ecological theology and feminism
- The first book to explore some of the new methods and approaches to addressing climate change issues from the perspective of ecological feminist theology and the local people involved
- Presents research on how effected communities are coming to terms with their new situations (displacement and/or reconstruction) and work to improve their lives and livelihoods in the face of new climate change related challenges
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Geography (BRIEFSGEOGRAPHY)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Kathleen M. Nadeau, PhD, is professor of anthropology at California State University, San Bernardino. She authored Liberation Theology in the Philippines: Faith in a Revolution (Praeger Press) and The History of the Philippines (Greenwood Press). Nadeau co-authored with Sangita Rayamajhi, Women’s Roles in Asia (Greenwood Press). Her co-edited collections, with Jonathan Lee, Encyclopedia of Asian American Folklore and Folklife (ABC-Clio) and Asian American Identities and Practices: Folkloric Expressions in Everyday Life (Lexington Press); and with Jeremy Murray, Pop Culture in Asia and Oceania (ABC-Clio).
Emma Porio, PhD, is professor of sociology at the Ateneo de Manila University and Science Research Fellow at the Manila Observatory, both located in the Quezon City campus. She authored the following selected books: The Filipino Family, Community and Nation: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Instituteof Philippine Culture, Quezon City), Partnership with the Poor: Local Resource Management Approach to Development (Pasig City: National Economic Development Authority Press), Urban Governance and Poverty Alleviation in Southeast Asia (Center for Social Policy, Ateneo de Manila University). Her articles on poverty, gender, governance, climate, disasters, resilience and resource management has appeared in the following ISI-/Scopus-listed journals like the Asian Journal of Social Science (Brill Publishers), Habitat International (Pergammon Press), Space and Polity (London), Contemporary Politics (London), City: Analysis of Urban Trends, Culture, Theory, Policy, Action (London) and edited books published by reputable publishers in the region like the Ateneo de Manila Press, National University of Singapore Press and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Press.William N. Holden, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His current research interests include: the Philippines, the meteorological hazards of anthropogenic climate change, the efficacy of mining as a development strategy, insurgency/ counterinsurgency warfare, state terrorism, and the roles played by liberation theology and Maoism as counter hegemonic discourses in the twenty-first century. Along with Dan Jaocobson he is the author of Mining and Natural Hazard Vulnerability in the Philippines: Digging to Development or Digging to Disaster? Published in 2012 by Anthem Press.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ecological Liberation Theology
Book Subtitle: Faith-Based Approaches to Poverty and Climate Change in the Philippines
Authors: William Holden, Kathleen Nadeau, Emma Porio
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50782-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50780-4Published: 21 February 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50782-8Published: 15 February 2017
Series ISSN: 2211-4165
Series E-ISSN: 2211-4173
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 56
Topics: Human Geography, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, Political Science, Anthropology, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Cultural Studies