| Religion in the American South: Protestants and Others in History and Culture Contributor(s): Schweiger, Beth Barton (Editor), Mathews, Donald G. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807855707 ISBN-13: 9780807855706 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Binding Type: Paperback Published: November 2004 Annotation: These ten original essays incorporate the major reinterpretation of themes and reorientation of approaches occurring the the study of American history in general over the past generation. Topics covered include Native American, African, and white religious life in the 18th century; class and religion in the Old South; women and religion; popular religion among gospel singers; Jewish history; lynching and religion; and the mingling of politics and religion in the civil rights era. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Religion | Comparative Religion - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 277.5 |
| LCCN: 2004008916 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.08" W x 9" L (1.06 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South |
| Features: Index, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Choice 05/01/2005 pg. 1607 Publishers Weekly 09/27/2004 pg. 55 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays examines religion in the American South across three centuries--from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The first collection published on the subject in fifteen years, Religion in the American South builds upon a new generation of scholarship to push scholarly conversation about the field to a new level of sophistication by complicating "southern religion" geographically, chronologically, and thematically and by challenging the interpretive hegemony of the "Bible belt." Contributors demonstrate the importance of religion in the South not only to American religious history but also to the history of the nation as a whole. They show that religion touched every corner of society--from the nightclub to the lynching tree, from the church sanctuary to the kitchen hearth. These essays will stimulate discussions of a wide variety of subjects, including eighteenth-century religious history, conversion narratives, religion and violence, the cultural power of prayer, the importance of women in exploiting religious contexts in innovative ways, and the interracialism of southern religious history. Contributors: Kurt O. Berends, University of Notre Dame Emily Bingham, Louisville, Kentucky Anthea D. Butler, Loyola Marymount University Paul Harvey, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Jerma Jackson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lynn Lyerly, Boston College Donald G. Mathews, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jon F. Sensbach, University of Florida Beth Barton Schweiger, University of Arkansas Daniel Woods, Ferrum College |
Contributor Bio(s): Mathews, Donald G.: - Donald G. Mathews is professor of history emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author or coauthor of several books, including Religion in the Old South.Schweiger, Beth Barton: - Beth Barton Schweiger is assistant professor of history at the University of Arkansas. She is author of The Gospel Working Up: Progress and the Pulpit in Nineteenth-Century Virginia. |
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