Narratives of Faith From the Haiti Earthquake - Religion, Natural Hazards and Disaster Response

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Abbott, Roger P. Abbott, Roger Philip Abbott, Roger Philip (University of Cambridge Abbott, Roger Philip White Abbott, Robert S. White, Robert S. (University of Cambridge White, White Robert S.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367134068
• ISBN: 978-0-367-13406-8
• No. of pages: 126
• Series: Routledge Focus on Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Haiti, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Geophysics, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Geophysics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, RELIGION / Religion & Science, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism, Christianity, Natural disasters, Human Geography, Religion and science, Religion & science, Volcanology & seismology, Volcanology and seismology, Development and environmental geography