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Faith and Meaning in the Southern Uplands
by Loyal Jones
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$16.95
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Format:
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Softback, 245 pages
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ISBN:
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0-252-06759-2
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Publisher:
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University Of Illinois Press
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Pub. Date:
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1999
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About this Book:
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 break-away fundamentalist churches and wild-eyed believers.
One of Appalchian religon'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 the Southern Upland view 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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