Women, music, and faith in central Appalachia / Heather Ann Ackley Bean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bean, Heather Ann Ackley.

Series:

Studies in women and religion ; v. 40.

Studies in women and religion ; v. 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theodicy.

Women--Religious life--Appalachian Region.

Women.

Women--Appalachian Region--Songs and music--History and criticism.

Process theology.

Women--Religious life.

Appalachian Region.

Physical Description:

xvi, 236 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2001]

Contents:

1. Appalachian Women's Ballads as a Narrative Resource for Theodicy: An Introduction to Methods 5

Process Perspectives on Method 9

Feminist Perspectives on Method 14

Methods in Ethnography and Anthropology 18

Methods in Appalachian Studies 22

Methods in the Study of Appalachian Migrants 27

Narrative Method and Appalachian Women's Theographia 32

Narrative Theology and Appalachian Women's Stories 35

Narrative Theology and Appalachian Women's Art 40

Narrative Theology and Appalachian Women's Music 44

2. Livin' City, Feelin' Country: Appalachian Migrants in the Urban Midwest 51

Challenges of Defining Appalachian Cultural Identity 51

Historical Background and Ethnic Identity 55

The Great Migration 56

Issues for Appalachian Migrant Identity 63

Subsequent Generations 65

Kinship 69

Poverty 73

Speech and Education 76

Stereotypes 77

Appalachian Migrants' Symbolization of Home 83

3. Fly Pretty Bird: Appalachian Migrant Women's Perspectives on Identity 93

Archetypes and Stereotypes of Appalachian Women 98

Appalachian Migrant Women's Symbolization of Home 104

4. Theological Perspectives on the Problems of Evil and Pain: Process Philosophers, Feminist Theologians, and Urban Appalachian Women 121

Theodicy, the Problem of Evil, and the Problem of Suffering 122

An Introduction to Process and Appalachian Theodicies 125

Process Theodicy and the Power and Goodness of God 130

Alfred North Whitehead 130

Charles Hartshorne 133

David Ray Griffin 134

Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki 139

Critique 142

Feminist Models of Divine Power 150

Wendy Farley 150

Rita Nakashima Brock 152

Maternal power in Women's Epistemology 153

Critique 154

Appalachian Women's Narratives and God's Power and Goodness 158

Critique 174

5. Wasn't God who Made Honky Tonk Angels: A Constructive Response to Urban Appalachian Women's Theodicies 179

A Theodicy of Protest and Tragic Gospel 181

Love Tragic and True 187

A Theodicy of Tragic Love 196

Revisioning Divine Goodness 200

God as Beloved 202

Identifying with Jesus as Tragic Lover 204

Believing as True Lovers 207

Ethical Implications of a Theodicy of Tragic Love 209

The Practical Need for Appalachian Theodicy 211

Engaging in Protest 212

Affirming Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity 214

Confronting Ambivalence 216

Encountering Divine Suffering and Tragic Love 217.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-232) and index.

ISBN:

0773475087

OCLC:

45195660