Description
| Summary: | Evangelical Protestant groups have dominated religious life in the South since the early nineteenth century. Even as the conservative Protestantism typically associated with the South has risen in social and political prominence throughout the United States in recent decades, however, religious culture in the South itself has grown increasingly diverse. The region has seen a surge of immigration from other parts of the United States as well as from Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East, bringing increased visibility to Catholicism, Islam, and Asian religions in the once solidly Protestant C.
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| Item Description: | One of a series of volumes that build upon the original 24 subject categories used in the Encyclopedia of Southern culture, originally published in 1989.
"Sponsored by The Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi." |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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| ISBN: | 9780807877166
0807877166
9781469616575
1469616572 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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