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Circling Faith is a collection of essays by southern women that encompasses spirituality and the experience of winding through the religiously charged environment of the American South. Mary Karr, in "Facing Altars," describes how the consolation she found in poetry directed her to a simil...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Reed, Wendy, 1966-, Horne, Jennifer, Adams, Mitzi, Awiakta, Marilou, 1936-, Blackmarr, Amy, Chapman, Marshall, Cushman, Susan, 1951-, Fennelly, Beth Ann, 1971-, Fowler, Connie May, Gibson, Margaret, 1944-, Johnson, Rheta Grimsley, 1953-, Karr, Mary, Moffitt, Debra, 1961-, Moss, Barbara Robinette, Osbey, Brenda Marie, Reiss, Valerie, Suberman, Stella, Taylor, Barbara Brown, Walker, Alice, 1944-, White, Cia
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Faith.
Women > Religious life > Southern States.
Spirituality.
Women authors > Religious life.
Spirituality
Foi.
Femmes > Vie religieuse > États-Unis (Sud)
Spiritualité.
Écrivaines > Vie religieuse.
faith.
RELIGION > Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict.
Women > Religious life.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Religion - General.
Southern States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; A Special Note on Barbara Robinette Moss (1954-2009)
  • Duane DeRaad; Introduction: A Faith of Verbs; I. Seeking Faith in Motion and Stillness; Facing Altars: Poetry and Prayer
  • Mary Karr; Pilgrimage
  • Debra Moffitt; Chiaroscuro: Shimmer and Shadow
  • Susan Cushman; II. Keeping Faith of Our Mothers; Taking Terroir on Faith
  • Beth Ann Fennelly; Amazons in Appalachia
  • Marilou Awiakta; Why We Can't Talk to You About Voodoo
  • Brenda Marie Osbey; III. Embodying Faith in the Flesh; Magic
  • Amy Blackmarr; Going to Church: A Sartorial Odyssey
  • Marshall Chapman.
  • What the Body Knows
  • Barbara Brown Taylor; The Queen of Hearts
  • Margaret Gibson; IV. Questioning Life Without Faith?; Rapture on Hold
  • Rheta Grimsley Johnson; The Only Jews in Town
  • Stella Suberman; A Purposeful Life
  • Mitzi Adams; V. Transforming Faith in Change; A Fairy Tale: The Prodigal Daughter Returns
  • Connie May Fowler; Alice Walker Calls God "Mama": An Interview with Alice
  • Valerie Reiss; Signs of Faith
  • Barbara Robinette Moss; What We Will Call Nature
  • Cia White; Contributors; Permissions.

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