Hard, hard religion : interracial faith in the poor South / John Hayes.
Hard, hard religion : interracial faith in the poor South / John Hayes.
Hard, hard religion : interracial faith in the poor South / John Hayes.
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Publisher
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
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G 2020/0691
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 238 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Beneath the Bible Belt --
The making of the poor South --
Singing of death--and life --
Tales of conversion and call --
Sacramental expressions --
The ethics of neighborliness --
Conclusion: The unraveling of the folk Christian world.
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Publisher
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"In his captivating study of faith and class, John Hayes examines the ways folk religion in the early twentieth century allowed the South's poor--both white and black--to listen, borrow, and learn from each other about what it meant to live as Christians in a world of severe struggle. Beneath the well-documented religious forms of the New South, pe...
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Hard, hard religion : interracial faith in the poor South / John Hayes.
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New directions in southern studies
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-232) and index.
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G 2020/0691
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74VKaZLR0lzX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZLR0lzX
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ISBN
1469635348
9781469635316 hardcover ; alkaline paper
1469635313 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9781469635323 paperback ; alkaline paper
1469635321 paperback ; alkaline paper
9781469635347
DDC
270.0975
MMS ID
991024291012502626
