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Religion / Samuel S. Hill, volume editor.
LIBRA F209 .N47 2006 v.1
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- New encyclopedia of Southern culture ; v. 1.
- The new encyclopedia of Southern culture ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity--Southern States--Encyclopedias.
- Christianity.
- Religion.
- Southern States--Religion--Encyclopedias.
- Southern States.
- Southern States--Religious life and customs--Encyclopedias.
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2006]
- Summary:
- Based on the popular reference The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, this book is the first of the 24-volume edition that focuses on individual topics from the original publication. Articles from the first edition have been revised and updated, and new entries have been added to reflect changes--such as globalization and immigration--that have affected southern culture in the past 20 years. New topics covered in this volume include Asian religions, Latino religion, New Age religion, Islam, Native American religion, social activism, and the Moral Majority, to name a few.
- Contents:
- Appalachian religion
- Church architecture
- Asian religions
- Black religion
- Religious broadcasting
- Calvinism
- Country churches
- Civil rights and religion
- Religious diversity
- Ethnic Protestantism
- Folk religion
- Frontier religion
- Fundamentalism
- Islam
- Jewish religious life
- Latino religion
- Literature and religion
- Missionary activities
- Modernism and religion
- Native American religion
- New age religion
- Pentecostalism
- Politics and religion
- Black folk preacher
- White preacher
- Protestantism
- Restorationist Christianity
- Revivalism
- Roman Catholicism
- Social activism
- Spirituality
- Sports and religion
- Theological orthodoxy
- Urban religion
- Women and religion
- South as Zion
- African Methodist Episcopal Churches
- Francis Asbury
- Bible belt
- Blue laws
- Alexander Campbell
- Will D. Campbell
- camps and retreats
- James Cannon, Jr.
- Christian Broadcasting Network
- James McBride Dabbs
- John England
- Jerry Falwell
- Fatalism
- Billy Graham
- Great Revival
- Brooks Hays
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Thomas Merton
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South
- Charlotte Digges "Lottie" Moon
- Moral Majority
- Moravians
- National Baptists
- O'Connor and religion
- Presbyterian Church in the United States (PCUS)
- Prohibition
- Protestant Episcopal Church
- Oral Roberts
- Sacred places
- Serpent handlers
- Shakers
- Southern Baptist Convention
- Sunday schools
- James Henley Thornwell.
- Notes:
- One of a series of volumes that build upon the original 24 subject categories used in the Encyclopedia of Southern culture, first published in 1991.
- "Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi."
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780807830031
- 0807830038
- 9780807856741
- 0807856746
- OCLC:
- 76969871
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