Faith and Meaning in the Southern Uplands

by Loyal Jones

Book Overview

Never have so many missionaries been sent to save so many Christians as is the case in the Southern Uplands. The area has long been perceived by American Christians in contradictory ways: on the one hand, as an unchurched area with people who have little religion or an inadequate faith; on the other, as part of the Bible Belt, packed with small breakaway fundamentalist churches and wild-eyed believers.

In Faith and Meaning, one of Appalachian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252067592
• ISBN13: 9780252067594
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"