The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 1: Religion (The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, 1) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807856746 ISBN 13: 9780807856741

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2006

Synopsis

Evangelical Protestant groups have dominated religious life in the South since the early nineteenth century. Even as the conservative Protestantism typically associated with the South has risen in social and political prominence throughout the United States in recent decades, however, religious culture in the South itself has grown increasingly diverse. The region has seen a surge of immigration from other parts of the United States as well as from Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East, bringing increased visibility to Catholicism, Islam, and Asian religions in the once solidly Protestant Christian South.

In this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, contributors have revised entries from the original Encyclopedia on topics ranging from religious broadcasting to snake handling and added new entries on such topics as Asian religions, Latino religion, New Age religion, Islam, Native American religion, and social activism. With the contributions of more than 60 authorities in the field--including Paul Harvey, Loyal Jones, Wayne Flynt, and Samuel F. Weber--this volume is an accessibly written, up-to-date reference to religious culture in the American South.

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Book Description

"Hill presents an up-to-date South now with more religious, racial, and ethnic diversity visible both on the ground and in the works of scholars reexamining the region's history. . . . With so much new information . . . all readers will appreciate the appearance of this new project so soon after its initial publication and hope the press will continue to support future editions."-- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

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Based on the popular reference The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, this book is the first of the 24-volume edition that focuses on individual topics from the original publication. Articles from the first edition have been revised and updated, and new entries have been added to reflect changes--such as globalization and immigration--that have affected southern culture in the past 20 years. New topics covered in this volume include Asian religions, Latino religion, New Age religion, Islam, Native American religion, social activism, and the Moral Majority, to name a few.

Edition details

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0807856746
• ISBN 13: 9780807856741
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Hill Samuel S., Wilson Charles Reagan