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Foxfire 7 : ministers, church members, revivals...and other traditions of mountain religious heritage / edited with an introduction by Paul F. Gillespie.

Gillespie, Paul F. (Added Author). Cooper, Susan, 1935- Foxfire. (Added Author). Gillespie, Paul F. (Added Author).

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."

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385152442
  • ISBN: 9780385152440
  • ISBN: 0385152434
  • ISBN: 9780606362290
  • Physical Description: 510 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1982.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Contains articles first published in Foxfire magazine"--Verso title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Religious Denominations 28 -- Baptists 28 -- Catholics 104 -- Church of Christ 110 -- Episcopalians 118 -- Jehovah's Witnesses 139 -- Methodists 170 -- Pentecostals 198 -- Presbyterians 233 -- Camp Meeting 265 -- Loudsville Methodist Campground 267 -- Cullasaja Assembly of God Campmeeting and Campground 274 -- Tradition of Shaped-Note Music 280 -- Singers of Shaped-Note Music 293 -- "I Love to Sing..." 299 -- Gospel Shaped Note Music 304 -- Baptism 347 -- Foot Washing 351 -- People Who Take Up Serpents 370 -- A Church of God 372 -- Dinner on the Grounds 421 -- Sunday Night 423.
Subject:
Appalachians (People) > Religion.
Christianity > Appalachian Region, Southern.
Appalachian Region, Southern > Religious life and customs.
Appalachian Region, Southern > Church history.

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