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Taking Up Serpents
David Kimbrough explains the history and practice of serpent-handling believers from the pserspective of a respectful and scholarly participant-ovserver.
Reverend Joseph Tarkington, Methodist Circuit Rider
Tracing the rise in fortunes of a Methodist minister in nineteenth-century Indiana, this book presents a vivid and revealing picture of the political, social, and religious culture of that place and era. Born in Nashville in 1800, Tarkington experienced an early life of harshness and deprivation, the common lot of pioneer farming families. Disdainful of slavery, the Tarkingtons eventually left Tennessee for Indiana, where they settled in Monroe County in 1817. Joseph underwent a religious conversion at a camp meeting in 1820 and joined the Methodists shortly thereafter. He became a circuit-riding preacher whose pay, in his first year, for ministering to congregations in five counties consist...
Coffee Breaks of Faith
One-page devotionals give readers a brief devotional break any time during the day. Each contains a suggested Scripture, a reflection, and a prayer.
Strong in Heart
In this companion volume to She Is Worthy: Encounters with Biblical Women, Marjorie Kimbrough examines men in the Bible who, in her view, demonstrate true strength of character through their acts of selfless compassion. In a world where power is typically defined by dominance and self-centeredness, these biblical men testify to a radically different kind of power and strength. In their ability to reach beyond themselves, to consider the needs of others, and to act on the behalf of others, these biblical men demonstrate that their true strength lies in their compassion. Suitable for individual reflection or group study, each reflection is composed of a brief introduction to the figure, key biblical references, and reflection questions. Each of these fifty character sketches not only introduces you to the lives of these biblical men, but also helps you imaginatively put yourself in the characters' situations and examine your own capacity for compassion. Book jacket.
Work and Faith in the Kentucky Coal Fields
Exploring themes of work and labor in everyday life, Richard J. Callahan, Jr., offers a history of how coal miners and their families lived their religion in eastern Kentucky's coal fields during the early 20th century. Callahan follows coal miners and their families from subsistence farming to industrial coal mining as they draw upon religious idioms to negotiate changing patterns of life and work. He traces innovation and continuity in religious expression that emerged from the specific experiences of coal mining, including the spaces and social structures of coal towns, the working bodies of miners, the anxieties of their families, and the struggle toward organized labor. Building on oral histories, folklore, folksongs, and vernacular forms of spirituality, this rich and engaging narrative recovers a social history of ordinary working people through religion.
Methodism in the American Forest
Russell E. Richey explores the ways in which Methodist preachers of the nineteenth century interacted with and utilized the American woodland, and the role camp meetings played in the denomination's spread across the country.
Faith and Meaning in the Southern Uplands
Jones attacks what he sees as the historical dismissal of mountain religious life, as supported by nineteenth- and twentieth-century missionary movements bent on changing mountain life through better religion. He explores the creation and perpetuation of negative stereotypes as mainline Christians contended that "Upland Christians" had to be saved from themselves.
MIRACLES—DO THEY STILL HAPPEN TODAY?
Miracles were certainly a part of certain periods in Bible times. What about today? Are miracles still taking place. There are some very important subjects that surround this area of discussion that are often misunderstood. Andrews will answer such questions as does God step in and solve every problem if we are faithful? Does the Bible provide absolutes or guarantees in this age of imperfect humanity? Are miracles still happening today? Is faith healing Scriptural? Is speaking in tongues evidence of true Christianity? Is snake handling biblical? How are we to understand the indwelling of the Holy Spirit? The work of the Holy Spirit. Andrews offers his readers very straightforward, biblically accurate explanations for these difficult questions. If any have discussed such questions, without a doubt, they will be very interested in the Bible’s answers in this easy to read publication.
