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Appalachian Mountain Religion
Language: en
Pages: 584
Authors: Deborah Vansau McCauley
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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"A monumental achievement. . . . Certainly the best thing written on Appalachian Religion and one of the best works on the region itself. Deborah McCauley has m
The Roots of Appalachian Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 350
Authors: Elder John Sparks
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-17 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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Appalachia's distinctive brand of Christianity has always been something of a puzzle to mainline American congregations. Often treated as pagan and unchurched,
Mountain Sisters
Language: en
Pages: 433
Authors: Helen M. Lewis
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-12-14 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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Monica Appleby and Helen Lewis reveal the largely untold story of women who stood up to the Church and joined Appalachians in their struggle for social justice.
Faith and Meaning in the Southern Uplands
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Loyal Jones
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Jones attacks what he sees as the historical dismissal of mountain religious life, as supported by nineteenth- and twentieth-century missionary movements bent o
The Man who Moved a Mountain
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Richard C. Davids
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1970 - Publisher: Fortress Press

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This biography of Reverend Bob Childress of the Blue Ridge Mountains has been compared to the tales of Mark Twain and the Mississippi. Shows Childress' transfor