When Nature is Rats and Roaches

Religious Eco-Justice Activism in Newark, NJ

Bibliographic Data

ID12901494
AuthorsMatthew Immergut (Purchase College, corresponding author), Laurel Kearns (Drew University)
Year2012
Volume6
Issue2
Pages176-195
Publication date2012-07-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-4907 • E-ISSN: 1749-4915
PublisherEquinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1558/jsrnc.v6i2.176
OpenAlexW2149975048
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

In this article, we set the religious landscape of Newark within the physical environment of Newark, an environment often more suitable for rats and roaches than evocative of the goodness and beauty of ‘God’s creation’. We speci?cally examine a range of strategies and campaigns by religious actors, and their non-religious partners, to ?ght the overwhelming toxicity and neglect of one neighborhood in the city—the Ironbound. We also consider some of the reasons in this particular context for a lack of engagement by religious groups and the dif?culties faced by immigrant populations in addressing environmental problems

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Beauty · Context (archaeology · Environmental ethics · Ethnology · Geography · Immigration · Neglect · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Social Psychology

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