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    The importance of religion in shaping volcanic risk perception in Italy, with special reference to Vesuvius and Etna

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    Authors
    Chester, David K.
    Duncan, Angus M.
    Dibben, Christopher J.L.
    Affiliation
    University of Liverpool
    University of Bedfordshire
    University of St. Andrews
    Issue Date
    2008
    Subjects
    volcanic eruptions
    religious perceptions
    disaster planning
    Vesuvius
    Etna
    
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    Abstract
    With the exception of societies that are relatively untouched by modernism, the academic consensus holds that since the Eighteenth Century Enlightenment popular perception of divine responsibility for disasters has been progressively replaced by a perspective that views losses as resulting from the effects of extreme natural events upon vulnerable human populations. Nature is considered to be de-moralised. By means of examples of volcanic eruptions that have occurred over the past one hundred and fifty years and which transcend place, culture and faith tradition, the present authors have maintained a contrasting position, by arguing that religious perspectives are still important features of the ways in which people in many societies perceive volcanic eruptions. In the present paper it is argued that religious terms of reference have been and remain vital elements in the perceptions held by a significant proportion of the population in southern Italy when confronted by volcanic eruptions, particularly those that have occurred on Vesuvius and Etna. Within the context of what is termed popular Catholicism, the development of distinctive religious responses in pre-industrial times is first described.
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    Chester, D.K., Duncan, A.M. & Dibben, C.J.L. (2008) 'The importance of religion in shaping volcanic risk perception in Italy, with special reference to Vesuvius and Etna', Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 172(3-4),pp.216-228
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    Elsevier
    Journal
    Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/302180
    DOI
    10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.12.009
    Additional Links
    http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0377027307004155
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    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    03770273
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2007.12.009
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