Bibliograph

Foxfire 7, ministers, church members, revivals, baptisms, shaped-note and gospel singing, faith healing, camp meetings, footwashing, snake handling, and other traditions of mountain religious heritage, edited with an introduction by Paul F. Gillespie

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Foxfire 7, ministers, church members, revivals, baptisms, shaped-note and gospel singing, faith healing, camp meetings, footwashing, snake handling, and other traditions of mountain religious heritage, edited with an introduction by Paul F. Gillespie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Foxfire 7

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

318996134

Responsibility statement

edited with an introduction by Paul F. Gillespie

Series statement

Foxfire

Sub title

ministers, church members, revivals, baptisms, shaped-note and gospel singing, faith healing, camp meetings, footwashing, snake handling, and other traditions of mountain religious heritage

Summary

Describes and illustrates religious beliefs and practices of the southern Appalachian region

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Historical overview -- Religious denominations. Baptists ; Catholics ; Church of Christ ; Episcopalians ; Jehovah's Witnesses ; Methodists ; Pentecostals ; Presbyterians -- The camp meeting -- The tradition of shaped-note music -- Baptism -- Foot washing -- The people who take up serpents

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Foxfire seven

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