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Good History But Too Much Polemic

Good History But Too Much Polemic Bill J. Leonard Appalachian Heritage, Volume 24, Number 1, Winter 1996, pp. 45-49 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1996.0005 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/436039/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 20:27 GMT from JHU Libraries the hungry and the sick and bring justice to Appalachia as a poor region. This is a view that McCauley abhors. She does not see Appalachians as victims. Rather, true Appalachians are seen as representatives of a reli- gious culture that is an integral part of regional life which is different from religious cultures elsewhere in the United States. This Appalachian mountain religious culture, she believes, has as much validity as any other, and is clearly within the traditions of historic Christianity. A particularly useful chapter is McCauley's "Essay on Sources." The 1978 social science-driven compilation of studies edited by John D. Photiadis, Religion in Appalachia: Theological, Social and Psychological Dimensions and Coordinates, depended overmuch, McCauley says, "on the predominant methodological biases" of "structural formalism, statis- tical studies and a sub-culture of poverty model." Yet studies by Melanie Sovine, Loyal Jones, Jeff Titon, Howard Dorgan, and John Wallhausser pulled the study of Appalachian mountain religion from the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Good History But Too Much Polemic

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Appalachian Review , Volume 24 (1) – Jan 8, 2014
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Bill J. Leonard Appalachian Heritage, Volume 24, Number 1, Winter 1996, pp. 45-49 (Review) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1996.0005 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/436039/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 20:27 GMT from JHU Libraries the hungry and the sick and bring justice to Appalachia as a poor region. This is a view that McCauley abhors. She does not see Appalachians as victims. Rather, true Appalachians are seen as representatives of a reli- gious culture that is an integral part of regional life which is different from religious cultures elsewhere in the United States. This Appalachian mountain religious culture, she believes, has as much validity as any other, and is clearly within the traditions of historic Christianity. A particularly useful chapter is McCauley's "Essay on Sources." The 1978 social science-driven compilation of studies edited by John D. Photiadis, Religion in Appalachia: Theological, Social and Psychological Dimensions and Coordinates, depended overmuch, McCauley says, "on the predominant methodological biases" of "structural formalism, statis- tical studies and a sub-culture of poverty model." Yet studies by Melanie Sovine, Loyal Jones, Jeff Titon, Howard Dorgan, and John Wallhausser pulled the study of Appalachian mountain religion from the

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