“Oilfield Trash or Oilfield Treasure? A Pastoral Response to Living in the Extraction Economy of the Permian Basin” by Rev. Dr. Dawn Darwin Weaks

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ID21311671
AuthorsDawn Darwin Weaks (Connection Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Odessa Texas USA, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume62
Issue2
Pages184-191
Publication date2023-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDialog (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-2033 • E-ISSN: 1540-6385
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/dial.12806
OpenAlexW4379648295
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

The climate crisis is witnessed on a global scale and it is also experienced in the local communities that work in extractive industries. In this article, a pastor in the Permian Basin explores the term “oilfield trash” as it is used for oilfield workers in the Permian Basin, connecting the epithet with the negative conditions for quality of life there, and comparing it to treatment of oilfield workers in Norway. Treatment of workers is identified as essential to esteem of communities and land. Renaming workers “treasure” in keeping with the tradition of Isaiah 62:4 is identified as part of the healing needed for extractive communities to transition away from fossil fuels. Four avenues of congregational ministry within mining economies are identified, with the way of “partnership” with the workers in the industry recommended as offering hope for churches to help relieve the climate crisis

Archaeology · Economics · Economy · General partnership · Geography · Permian · Political science · Structural basin · Treasure · Geology · Law · Paleontology · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Religion, Society, and Development

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