Judgment and Grace in Dixie: Southern Faiths from Faulkner to Elvis - Couverture souple

Wilson, Charles Reagan

 
9780820319070: Judgment and Grace in Dixie: Southern Faiths from Faulkner to Elvis
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0820319074 ISBN 13 : 9780820319070
Editeur : University of Georgia Press, 1997

Synopsis

Religion has permeated nearly every aspect of modern southern culture, with results that range from portraits of Jesus on black velvet to the soul-stirring orations of Martin Luther King Jr. In "Judgement and Grace in Dixie", Charles Reagan Wilson makes a lively appraisal of religion's influence on such expressions of regional life as literature, music and folk art, as well as on such public spectacles as football games and beauty pageants. Wilson's focus is on popular religion - evangelical Protestantism as embraced at the grassroots level, where distinctions between the sacred and secular are blurred and belief in the supernatural remains strong. As he traces the development and meaning of popular religion and pop culture, Wilson ranges widely across a spiritual landscape rich in iconic accumulations of people, places, events and artifacts - church fans and Elvis Presley memorabilia, the paintings of Howard Finster and the songs of Hank Williams, the Scopes trial and the death of Bear Bryant.

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Éditeur
University of Georgia Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0820319074
ISBN 13 
9780820319070
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
224
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780820317533: Judgment and Grace in Dixie: Southern Faiths from Faulkner to Elvis

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0820317535 ISBN 13 :  9780820317533
Editeur : University of Georgia Press, 1995
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