southern women on spirituality Reed, Wendy. Horne, Jennifer. Adams, Mitzi. Awiakta, Marilou. Blackmarr, Amy. Chapman, Marshall. Cushman, Susan. Fennelly, Beth Ann. Fowler, Connie May. Gibson, Margaret. Johnson, Rheta Grimsley. Karr, Mary. Moffitt, Debra. Moss, Barbara Robinette. Osbey, Brenda Marie. Reiss, Valerie. Suberman, Stella. Taylor, Barbara Brown. Walker, Alice. White, Cia. text Electronic books. xx Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Press c2012 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (248 p.) 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 & ldquo;Facing Altars, & rdquo; describes how the consolation she found in poetry directed her to a similar solace in prayer. In & ldquo;Chiaroscuro: Shimmer and Shadow, & rdquo; Susan Cushman recounts how her dissatisfaction with a Presbyterian upbringing led her to hold her own worship services at home and eventually to join the Eastern Orthodox Church. & ldquo;Magic & rdquo; by Amy Blackmarr depicts. 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 TaylorThe 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. edited by Wendy Reed and Jennifer Horne. Faith Women Religious life Southern States Spirituality Women authors Religious life Faith Southern women Religious life Spirituality Women authors Religious life Religion RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict BL625.7 .C579 2012eb 200.820975 Reed, Wendy Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1753 9780817386085 (electronic bk.) 0817386084 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=860529 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=434729 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=860529 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=434729 EBLCP 120220 20200709055458.0 ocn777375430 eng