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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810755303321

Autore

Lawless Elaine J.

Titolo

God's peculiar people : women's voices & folk tradition in a Pentecostal church / / Elaine J. Lawless

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2005

©1988

ISBN

0-8131-9141-6

0-8131-4854-5

Edizione

[Paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (181 p.)

Disciplina

289.9/4/09772255

Soggetti

Oneness Pentecostal churches - Indiana - Monroe County

Oneness Pentecostal churches - Indiana - Lawrence County

Pentecostal women - Indiana - Monroe County

Pentecostal women - Indiana - Lawrence County

Monroe County (Ind.) Church history

Lawrence County (Ind.) Church history

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Field Situation; 2 Maintaining Boundaries; 3 Discourse Rules; 4 Power of the Word; 5 Conclusion; Appendix: A Testimony Service; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

""Holy Rollers"" -- with this epithet most people dismiss members of the Pentecostal sect as wild religious fanatics. In this new study, folklorist Elaine Lawless draws on fieldwork among Pentecostal congregations in the limestone region of southern Indiana to offer a sympathetic view of the Pentecostals as a special group distinguished by their own folk traditions and religious expression.From her findings she describes the members' codes of dress and behavior, their attitudes toward themselves and others, their special use of words, and their distinctive religious practices. Focusing on the