A Time of Hope by Nicola Thorne

A Time of Hope by Nicola Thorne

Invoking the strong ties they sense between the courses of their lives and their careers, the sixteen historians of religion who have contributed to Autobiographical Reflections on Southern Religious History share their thoughts and motivations. In these highly personal essays, both pioneering and promising young scholars discuss their work and interests as they recall how the circumstances of their upbringing and education steered them toward religious history. They tell of their own time and place and of their growing awareness of how religion ties into larger social issues: gender, class, and, most notably, race. Indeed, one essay begins, I was asked to write about why I came to study religion in the South. It was then I realized that it was because my grandfather had been lynched.

Lutheran, Jewish, Catholic, Methodist, and Episcopal viewpoints are represented as, of course, are Baptist. Some contributors have stood in the pulpit; others at least commenced their higher education with that aim. While some contributors were born and reared, and now work in the Bible Belt, others are outsiders--physically, philosophically, or both. Some came from intellectual traditions; others were the first in their family to attend college.

Despite their common interest in its history, southern religion is anything but an intellectual abstraction for the contributors to this book. It is a potent force, and here sixteen men and women offer themselves as proof of its power to shape lives.

Thorne, Nicola: - Nicola Thorne was born in South Africa but brought up and educated in England. She took a degree in Sociology, later becoming a publisher's editor and reader. Always wanting to pursue a literary career, she wrote her early books while working as an editor for a publishing house. She has since written over thirty novels. She now works as a full-time writer and is also known as Rosemary Ellerbeck and Katherine Yorke.

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ISBN 13	9780727854735
ISBN 10	0727854739
Title	A Time of Hope
Author	Nicola Thorne
Series	People Of This Parish
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Canongate Books
Year published	1999-11-26
Number of pages	224
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