Strangers and Friends at the Welcome Table : Contemporary Christianities in the American South / James Hudnut-Beumler.

By:

Hudnut-Beumler, James David [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781469640389
9781469640396

Subject(s):

Christianity -- Southern States -- 21st century

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

BR535 .S773 2018

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Subject: "In this fresh and fascinating chronicle of Christianity in the contemporary South, historian and minister James Hudnut-Beumler draws on extensive interviews and his own personal journeys throughout the region over the past decade to present a comprehensive portrait of the South's long-dominant religion. Hudnut-Beumler traveled to both rural and urban communities, listening to the faithful talk about their lives and beliefs. What he heard pushes hard against prevailing notions of southern Christianity as an evangelical Protestant monolith so predominant as to be unremarkable"--

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"In this fresh and fascinating chronicle of Christianity in the contemporary South, historian and minister James Hudnut-Beumler draws on extensive interviews and his own personal journeys throughout the region over the past decade to present a comprehensive portrait of the South's long-dominant religion. Hudnut-Beumler traveled to both rural and urban communities, listening to the faithful talk about their lives and beliefs. What he heard pushes hard against prevailing notions of southern Christianity as an evangelical Protestant monolith so predominant as to be unremarkable"--

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: Christianities in the Now South; PART I: Rock of Ages Cleft for Me: Southern Traditions Revised; 1. I Was Hungry, and You Gave Me Something to Eat: Hospitality, Scarcity, and Fear in Southern Christianity; 2. The Religion of the Lost Cause, Reloaded; 3. Rattlesnakes, Holiness, and the Nearness of the Holy Spirit; 4. Washed in the Blood in the Red States: Religion and Politics; PART II: Gulf Coast Disaster: Religion Is Only as Good as What It Does; 5. Our Church Is Cleaning Up after Katrina; 6. Mississippi Flooding.

PART III: Brand New Start: Southern Religious Innovations7. Megachurches and the Reinvention of Southern Church Life; 8. The Changing Face of the Catholic South; 9. Christian Homeschoolers; 10. Southern, Christian, and Gay; Conclusion: Southern Christianities in Harmony and Conflict; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index.

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