Holy hills of the Ozarks : religion and tourism in Branson, Missouri /
Ketchell combines the study of lived religion, popular culture, evangelicalism, and contemporary American history to present an accurate and honest account of a distinctly American phenomenon.
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
©2007.
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Collection: | Lived religions.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction: "the moral vineyards"
- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism
- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country
- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City
- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism
- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson
- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster
- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.