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Giving Glory to God in Appalachia - by Howard Dorgan (Paperback)

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  • In Giving Glory to God in Appalachia, Howard Dorgan explores the worship practices of Primitive, Regular, Old Regular, Union, Missionary, and Free Will Baptists.
  • About the Author: Howard Dorgan (1932-2012) was a professor of communications at Appalachian State University.
  • 254 Pages
  • Religion + Beliefs, Institutions & Organizations

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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 theorizing and more concerned with presenting a vivid, firsthand account of all that he has seen and heard. And in the nearly fifteen years he spent researching his book, Dorgan saw and heard quite a lot: spirited, vociferous sermons, creek baptisms, foot washings, homecomings, dinners on the ground, and evangelistic radio broadcasts. Dorgan's prose is at its most enchaining when he presents tableaus of these phenomena: a foot washing precipitates the erasure of interpersonal turmoil between two women; a preacher uses his lively mode of sermonic delivery to orchestrate the rapturous shouts and "hollers" of a group of women; a radio evangelist exhorts a recent widower to accept salvation. The wonderful pictures interspersed throughout the book and the transcription of sermons help to further reify the worship scenes that Dorgan describes. At times, Dorgan's prose is intensely personal. Dorgan is always aware that he is writing about sets of shared values and worship practices that mean a great deal to the congregations he is studying, and Dorgan treats his subjects and their beliefs with tremendous sensitivity and respect. Ultimately, Dorgan is writing about people and the ways in which they invest their lives with meaning and purpose. This imbues Giving Glory to God in Appalachia with a universal appeal: even readers who find the religious settings in the book completely alien will be able to sympathize with the congregations' search for meaning.



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"What Dorgan has produced is one of the best studies that has appeared on Appalachian religion--one that carefully describes but does not distort the culture of an often misunderstood people."--Margaret M. Poloma "Journal of the American Academy of Religion"



About the Author



Howard Dorgan (1932-2012) was a professor of communications at Appalachian State University. He is the author of three other books with UT Press on Appalachian religious identity: The Old Regular Baptists of Central Appalachia, In the Hands of a Happy God, and Airwaves of Zion.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 6.05 Inches (W) x .76 Inches (D)
Weight: .88 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Institutions & Organizations
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Number of Pages: 254
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Howard Dorgan
Language: English
Street Date: November 8, 1990
TCIN: 1003268806
UPC: 9780870496660
Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-5870
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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