Faith and Meaning in the Southern UplandsUniversity of Illinois Press, 1999 - 245 pagini Never have so many missionaries been sent to save so many Christians as is the case in the Southern Uplands. The area has long been perceived by American Christians in contradictory ways: on the one hand, as an unchurched area with people who have little religion or an inadequate faith; on the other, as part of the Bible Belt, packed with small breakaway fundamentalist churches and wild-eyed believers. In Faith and Meaning in the Southern Uplands, one of Appalachian religion's most eloquent spokesmen reveals a people devoted to and thoughtful about their religion, and profoundly influenced by it. Loyal Jones's three decades of conversations and interviews, supplemented by documents such as sermons, testimonies, and articles of faith, articulate Southern Upland views on basic issues of the human condition -- faith, God, the world, the Word, and the devil -- as well as on community issues such as racial integration and women in the church. In their own voices these people describe their beliefs, their churches, and their lives, exposing a deep conviction tempered with humanity and humor. |
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... know how long we will live but it is our time to go . I hope to meet you all in heaven . May God bless you all wife and children for Jesus sake good bye un- til we meet to part no more . From Jacob L. Vowell : We are shut up in I.
... live to get out we are not hurt but only perished for air . There is but few of us here and I don't know where the other men is . Elbert said for you all to meet him in heaven . All the children meet with us both . My Boys , never work ...
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The Human Condition | 3 |
God | 41 |
3 The World and the Devil | 64 |
4 The Word | 102 |
5 Salvation | 121 |
Observations | 192 |
NOTES | 203 |