Circling Faith [[electronic resource] ] : Southern Women on Spirituality

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910788251103321
• Autore: Reed Wendy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0-8173-8608-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HorneJennifer; KarrMary; MoffittDebra; CushmanSusan; FennellyBeth Ann; AwiaktaMarilou; OsbeyBrenda Marie; BlackmarrAmy; ChapmanMarshall; TaylorBarbara Brown; GibsonMargaret; JohnsonRheta Grimsley; SubermanStella; AdamsMitzi; FowlerConnie May; WalkerAlice; MossBarbara Robinette; WhiteCia; ReedWendy; ReissValerie
• Disciplina: 200.82/0975; 200.820975
• Soggetti: Faith; Southern women - Religious life; Southern women -- Religious life; Spirituality; Women authors - Religious life; Women authors -- Religious life; Religion; Philosophy & Religion; Religion - General
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Facing altars : poetry and prayer / Mary Karr -- Pilgrimage / Debra Moffitt -- Chiaroscuro : shimmer and shadow / Susan Cushman -- Taking Terror on faith / Beth Ann Fennelly -- Amazons in Appalachia / Marilou Awiakta -- Why we can't talk to you about voodoo / Brenda Marie Osbey -- Magic / Amy Blackmarr -- Going to church : a sartorial odyssey / Marshall Chapman -- What the body knows / Barbara Brown Taylor -- The queen of hearts / Margaret Gibson -- Rapture on hold / Rheta Grimsley Johnson -- The only Jews in town / Stella Suberman -- A purposeful life / Mitzi Adams -- A fairy tale : the prodigal daughter returns / Connie May Fowler -- Alice Walker calls God "Mama" : an interview with Alice Walker / Valerie Reiss -- Signs of faith / Barbara Robinette Moss -- What we will call nature / Cia White.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 similar solace in prayer. In "Chiaroscuro: Shimmer and Shadow," 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. "Magic" by Amy Blackmarr depict