| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
510 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Contains articles first published in Foxfire magazine"--Verso t.p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Historical overview -- Religious denominations. Baptists ; Catholics ; Church of Christ ; Episcopalians ; Jehovah's Witnesses ; Methodists ; Pentecostals ; Presbyterians -- The camp meeting -- The tradition of shaped-note music -- Baptism -- Foot washing -- The people who take up serpents. |
| Summary |
"Ministers, church members, revivals, baptisms, shaped-note and gospel singing, faith healing, camp meetings, footwashing, snake handling, and other traditions of mountain religious heritage." |
| Subject |
Appalachians (People) -- Religion.
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Appalachians (People) |
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Religion. |
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Christianity -- Appalachian Region, Southern.
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Christianity. |
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Southern Appalachian Region. |
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Appalachian Region, Southern -- Religious life and customs.
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Appalachian Region, Southern -- Church history.
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Church history. |
| Added Author |
Gillespie, Paul F.
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| Added Title |
Foxfire.
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| ISBN |
0385152434 : $19.95 |
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0385152442 paperback |
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