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A Monograph Both Inspiring and Frustrating

A Monograph Both Inspiring and Frustrating religionists are listened to, learned from, and appreciated. Likewise, by using only one student (himself something of an anomaly) as an example of AMERC "products," McCauley has again failed to utilize effective methodology. Interviews with other students would have revealed that they too are a diverse and complex group, some of whom understand the realities of mountain religion, while others do not. Thus Appalachian Mountain Religion: A History, is itself something of an anomaly and dilemma for scholars of American religion. It is a helpful resource for understanding a rich tradition and a fine study of a much neglected and misunderstood expression of American religious life. Yet this valuable resource is flawed by the author's decision to move from the historical to the polemical without applying a rigorous academic method to every aspect of the work. --Bill J. Leonard Deborah McCauley's Appalachian Mountain Religion is an impressively comprehensive examination of distinctly Appalachian Christianity. What is most striking is her success in enabling mountain church people to speak for themselves and in helping her readers to get inside the minds and hearts of a religious group that is often caricatured. Her critique of American Protestantism's arrogant attitude toward mountain http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

A Monograph Both Inspiring and Frustrating

Rhodes, J. Stephen.
Appalachian Review , Volume 24 (1) – Jan 8, 1996
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religionists are listened to, learned from, and appreciated. Likewise, by using only one student (himself something of an anomaly) as an example of AMERC "products," McCauley has again failed to utilize effective methodology. Interviews with other students would have revealed that they too are a diverse and complex group, some of whom understand the realities of mountain religion, while others do not. Thus Appalachian Mountain Religion: A History, is itself something of an anomaly and dilemma for scholars of American religion. It is a helpful resource for understanding a rich tradition and a fine study of a much neglected and misunderstood expression of American religious life. Yet this valuable resource is flawed by the author's decision to move from the historical to the polemical without applying a rigorous academic method to every aspect of the work. --Bill J. Leonard Deborah McCauley's Appalachian Mountain Religion is an impressively comprehensive examination of distinctly Appalachian Christianity. What is most striking is her success in enabling mountain church people to speak for themselves and in helping her readers to get inside the minds and hearts of a religious group that is often caricatured. Her critique of American Protestantism's arrogant attitude toward mountain

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