Mining for Christ
Eco-Justice in Contexts of Resource Extraction
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/isit.38336Keywords:
resource extraction, indigenous peoples, social ethicsAbstract
This article discusses the social and ecological impacts of fracking for oil on religious communities in Western North Dakota. Attention is furthermore given to racial tensions between the settler and indigenous communities that have become pronounced within churches in relation to the repudiation of the discovery doctrine and the protests at the Standing Rock Reservation against the North Dakota Access Pipeline in the fall of 2016.
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Collier, Paul. 2007. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Dalrymple, Amy and Katherine Lymn. 2015. “Native American Populations ‘Hugely at Risk’ to Sex Trafficking.” Forum News Service. 5 January. https://bismarcktribune.com/bakken/native-american-populations-hugely-at-risk-to-sex-trafficking/article_46511e48-92c5-11e4-b040-c7db843de94f.html
Eaton, Elizabeth. 2016. “Statement from ELCA Presiding Bishop on Standing Rock.” 14 November. https://www.willistonherald.com/news/in-the-boom-many-are-left-homeless/article_3a880ade-2a87-
11e2-b206-001a4bcf887a.html
Ebersole, Jenna. 2012. “In the Boom, Many are Left Homeless.” Williston Herald. 9 November. https://www.willistonherald.com/news/in-the-boom-many-are-left-homeless/article_3a880ade-2a87-11e2-b206-001a4bcf887a.html
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). 2016. “Repudiation of the Doctrine of Discovery.” Social Policy Resolution CA16.02.04. August. http://download.elca.org/ELCA%20Resource%20Repository/Repudiation_Doctrine_of_DiscoverySPR16.pdf?_ga=2.14777334.1359989440.1552358375-2115593328.1552358375
Fenn, Elizabeth A. 2014. Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People. New York: Hill and Wang.
Kairos Theologians (Group) and World Council of Churches. 1985. Challenge to the Church: A Theological Comment on the Political Crisis in South Africa : The Kairos Document and Commentaries. Programme Unit on Justice and Service. Programme to Combat Racism. Geneva: World Council of Churches.
Krause, Melissa. 2016. “Oil boom generated ‘perfect storm’ for sexual violence.” Willison Herald. October 21. http://www.willistonherald.com/community/oil-boom-generated-perfect-storm-for-sexual-violence/article_35800e84-9729-11e6-b03c-2feafe5fa382.html
Lawson, Michael L. 2009. Dammed Indians Revisited: The Continuing History of the Pick-Sloan Plan and the Missouri River Sioux. Pierre: South Dakota State Historical Society.
Link, Art. 2010 [1973]. Grand Forks Herald. June 2 [October 11]. http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/2128312-art-link-speech-when-landscape-quiet-again
Meyer, Roy Willard. 1968. “Fort Berthold and the Garrison Dam.” North Dakota History 35: 220–355.
Moe-Lobeda, Cynthia. 2017. “Lutheran Seeds of Hope in the Face of Climate Catastrophe.” Lecture at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN. 20 September.
Moss, Jesse. 2014. The Overnighters. http://www.jessemoss.com/The-Overnighters
Narum, Mark. 2016. “Response to Presiding Bishop’s Statement on Standing Rock.” 17 November. http://wndsynod.org/response-to-presiding-bishops-statement-on-standing-rock/
Reed, Ann. 2016. “Unpacking Boomtown Tropes: Insider/Outsider Dynamics in North Dakota’s Oil Patch.” In The Bakken Goes Boom : Oil and the Changing Geographies of Western North Dakota, edited by William R. Caraher and Kyle Conway, 51-70. Grand Forks, ND: University of North Dakota.
Robinson, Elwyn B. 1959. “The Themes of North Dakota History.” North Dakota History 26, no. Winter 1959: 5-24.
Tinker, Tink. 2017. “The Doctrine of Christian Discovery: Lutherans and the Language of Empire.” Journal of Lutheran Ethics 17(2). https://www.elca.org/JLE/Articles/1203
Vambarker, Meenal. 2017. “Dakota Access Helps Drillers But Isn’t a Bakken Game-Changer.” Bloomburg. 17 October.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-12/dakota-access-boosts-drillers-but-won-t-be-a-bakken-game-changer
VanDevelder, Paul. 2004. Coyote Warrior : One Man, Three Tribes, and the Trial That Forged a Nation. 1st ed. New York: Little, Brown.
Western North Dakota Synod. 2016. “Synod Assembly—2016 Summary.” June. Bismarck, ND.
Zuckerburg, Mark. 2017. “Willison.” Facebook. 11 July. https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10103877842160021
Published
2019-04-05
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How to Cite
Pranger, J. H. (2019). Mining for Christ: Eco-Justice in Contexts of Resource Extraction. Interreligious Studies and Intercultural Theology, 3(1-2), 125-148. https://doi.org/10.1558/isit.38336
