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Biblical Patterns for Mountain Living

Biblical Patterns for Mountain Living Richard Alan Humphrey Appalachian Heritage, Volume 8, Number 3, Summer 1980, pp. 69-78 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1980.0002 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441584/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:15 GMT from JHU Libraries I ¦y SS. **r s; H^ STX .v M-\ s< 4V, by Richard Alan Humphrey Introduction. Religion in the Southern Appalachian region is taken very seriously, although many people are not church members. The Bible, the Biblical ordinances and the personal commitment of the traditional religion of Southern Appalachia gives each mountaineer a pattern by which to live. In this paper an examination will be made of how many mountain people use the Bible as a compass to guide their lives. Many of the traditional Baptist associa- tions have as their second article of faith: "We believe that the Old and New Testa- ments are the Word of God and are the only rule of faith and practice." This article of faith is subscribed to by Regular, Old Regular, Separate, United, Christian Unity, Union Baptist and many other denominations of back hollow Appalachia. The Thomas R. Ford survey of Southern Appalachia showed that 78% of the people http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

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Richard Alan Humphrey Appalachian Heritage, Volume 8, Number 3, Summer 1980, pp. 69-78 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1980.0002 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/441584/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 23:15 GMT from JHU Libraries I ¦y SS. **r s; H^ STX .v M-\ s< 4V, by Richard Alan Humphrey Introduction. Religion in the Southern Appalachian region is taken very seriously, although many people are not church members. The Bible, the Biblical ordinances and the personal commitment of the traditional religion of Southern Appalachia gives each mountaineer a pattern by which to live. In this paper an examination will be made of how many mountain people use the Bible as a compass to guide their lives. Many of the traditional Baptist associa- tions have as their second article of faith: "We believe that the Old and New Testa- ments are the Word of God and are the only rule of faith and practice." This article of faith is subscribed to by Regular, Old Regular, Separate, United, Christian Unity, Union Baptist and many other denominations of back hollow Appalachia. The Thomas R. Ford survey of Southern Appalachia showed that 78% of the people

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