Giving Glory to God in Appalachia: The Worship Practices of Six Baptist Subdenominations

by Howard Dorgan

Book Overview

In Giving Glory to God in Appalachia, Howard Dorgan explores the worship practices of Primitive, Regular, Old Regular, Union, Missionary, and Free Will Baptists. The worship practices of the denominations under consideration are varied and often exuberant, and Dorgan's writing is highly evocative, conveying in rich detail the joy and pathos of worship in these mountain churches. As Dorgan states in the introduction, he is less concerned with academic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870496662
• ISBN13: 9780870496660
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.5"