Sacred Resistance: Eco-Activism and the Rise of New Spiritual Communities

By: Mark Clatterbuck

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Overview

ECOLOGY & JUSTICE SERIES

“Much more than your typical edited volume. Clatterbuck has assembled five deep and rich case studies of spiritually-based eco-activism written by those engaged in the struggle. Sacred Resistance is a powerful and timely message we all need to hear.” –Jace Weaver, editor, Defending Mother Earth

“Despite the irrefutable science behind climate change and environmental degradation more broadly, denialism has contributed to the polarization of our societies, stifling much needed action on many levels. But suppression breeds resistance, even in unexpected places such as faith communities where so much of the denialism lives. Sacred Resistance chronicles stories from some of these communities, showing increasing concern about the world they are leaving to their children, and highlighting partnerships with Indigenous communities. These are bright spots in an otherwise often dark world, and now more than ever we need the hope these examples give us.” –Dina Gilio-Whitaker, lecturer, American Indian Studies, California State University San Marcos

“Non-violent direct action is one of the highest callings for people of faith concerned about climate change, and Mark Clatterbuck nails it with these stories of sacred resistance to the planet's destruction. More people of faith need to get involved in this work, for the sake of the earth and for the future of faith itself.” –The Rev. Fletcher Harper, executive director, GreenFaith

Sacred Resistance attends to the frontlines of new expressions of spiritually grounded environmental activism. Through five powerful case studies written by embedded activist-scholars, this book explores religious eco-activism and reveals myriad ways that ecological well-being is bound up with other struggles against systemic oppression. From Indigenous communities to Quakers, Roman Catholic women religious to Yogis, Sacred Resistance centers women's leadership and interreligious solidarity in critical reflections on the urgent environmental conflicts of our times.

Mark Clatterbuck is a scholar-activist whose work straddles the fields of religion and culture, Indigenous studies, and Christian history and theology. A faculty member at Montclair State University, Clatterbuck has over fifteen years of experience in ethnographic fieldwork and a decade in grassroots direct-action campaigns. With his partner Malinda, he co-founded Lancaster Against Pipelines and served as the movement’s non-violent mass action coordinator.

Cover design: Ponie Sheehan

Cover photo: photo by David Parry, used with permission

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