Narratives of Faith from the Haiti Earthquake: Religion, Natural Hazards and Disaster Response

ISBN-13: 9780367788001 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 126 str.

Roger Philip Abbott; Robert S. White

Opis

This book presents an in-depth ethnographic case study carried out in the years following the 2010 Haitian earthquake to present the role of faith beliefs in disaster response.

Spis treści

Introduction: Haiti needs a new narrative;  1 When our earth shook;  2 When we were shocked;  3 How our faith responded;  4 What we were never told;  5 Our complicating factors;  6 What we have to teach the world

O autorze

Roger P. Abbott is Senior Research Associate at The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, U.K.

Robert S. White, FRS is Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge and Director of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, U.K.