Hard, Hard Religion: Interracial Faith in the Poor South
(Part of the New Directions in Southern Studies Series)
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In his captivating study of faith and class, John Hayes examines the ways folk religion in the early twentieth century allowed the South's poor--both white and black--to listen, borrow, and learn from each other about what it meant to live as Christians in a world of severe struggle. Beneath the well-documented religious forms of the New South, people caught in the region's poverty crafted a distinct folk Christianity that spoke from the margins of...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1469635321
ISBN13:9781469635323
Release Date:October 2017
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:250 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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