Religion in the Contemporary South: Changes, Continuities, and Contexts

by D. Jonathan Grieser, Thomas Tweed, Bill J. Leonard, et al.

Religion has always been crucial to the cultural identity of the South. The field ofsouthern religious studies is quite young, however, and most scholarship hasfocused on the kinds of evangelical fundamentalist activity for which the phrase"Bible Belt" was coined. Religion in the Contemporary South is the first book to fully address the emerging religious pluralism in the South today.Featuring an introduction by Samuel S. Hill, Religion in the Contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572333618
• ISBN13: 9781572333611
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"