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Archives
and Special Collections (East Tennessee State University) |
Religious faith and
practice have historically formed an important part of the fabric
of southern Appalachian life. Archives and Special Collections
has many resources for documenting various aspects related to
religious practice in the region. |
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Religion
in Appalachia (Appalachian State University) |
Throughout history,
humans have used religion as a device to come to grips with what
Max Weber called "the problems of meaning." Since the
earliest settlements in the Appalachian mountain region, the
rugged social and physical conditions have denied its people
an optimistic outlook on life. |
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Appalachian
Center (University of Kentucky) |
Welcome to the Appalachian
Center at the University of Kentucky, Lexington: A multi-disciplinary
institute created in 1977 to link University of Kentucky resources
with Appalachian communities in programs of Research, Instruction,
and Service. |
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Commission on Religion in Appalachia
(CORA)
PO Box 52910 / Knoxville, TN
37950-2910 USA |
Phone:(865) 584-6133
/ Fax: (865) 584-8114 / Primary Contact: Tena Willemsma, Exec.Coord
/ Founded: 1965. Staff: 7. Budget: $1,176,562. Regional Groups:
5. State Groups: 10. Local Groups: 65. Description: Christian
denominations (19), councils of churches (10), and regional ecumenical
units (6). Purpose is to engage the resources of the church and
other agencies in activities designed to meet the needs of the
Appalachian people. Goals are to build community and combat poverty
in Appalachia thereby helping to renew the church. |
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American
Religion Data Archive |
The American Religion
Data Archive collects quantitative data sets for the study of
American religion. The ARDA solicits data collections on American
religion that are currently not stored in a public archive. Most
of our data files are from surveys, but we welcome all forms
of quantitative data collections on religion. |
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Appalachian
Ministries Educational Resource Center |
Appalachian Ministries
Educational Resource Center / Saint Vincent Seminary is a charter
member of the AMERC consortium. The consortium is located at
Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. AMERC provides specialized
training for students preparing for ministry in Appalachia, small
towns and rural areas. |
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Appalachia
Service Project (ASP) |
Summary: To repair
& build houses for economically deprived Appalachian families.
Description: Founded in 1969, Appalachia Service Project (ASP)
has served as the model for other home-repair work camp ministries.
Service with ASP is a life-changing experience for many and is
an important part of each volunteer's personal spiritual journey. |
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Assemblies
of God |
This is the denominational
homepage for a protestant group that is numerous in the Appalachian
region. It covers much history and doctrine, but from a position
of advocacy. |
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American
Academy of Religion Syllabi Project |
The AAR Syllabi Project
offers a wide range of course syllabi from scholars working within
the academic study of religion. Some of the best teachers in
the field, both junior and senior, have contributed their most
creative syllabi to this site. |
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Divining
America: Religion and the National Culture |
Designed to help secondary
school history teachers and their classes understand the interrelationship
between religion and the development of American society. |
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Restoration
Movement Pages |
These pages are for
your reading and viewing pleasure and feature historical texts,
pictures, resources for historical research and links to other
relevant pages dealing with the Restoration Movement. This nineteenth-century
unity and restitution effort by Barton W. Stone and Thomas and
Alexander Campbell spawned several distinct religious groups:
the Churches of Christ, the Christian Churches, and the Disciples
of Christ. |
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The
Christian Appalachian Project |
This is an interdenominational,
non-profit Christian organization committed to serving people
in need in Appalachia by providing physical, spiritual and emotional
support through a wide variety of programs and services. |
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The
UVa Religious Movements Page |
Religions and human
cultures are constantly being renewed and invigorated. This Religious
Movements site provides a foundation for understanding how religious
groups emerge, grow, stagnate, reinvigorate themselves, and sometimes
die. |
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Kentucky
Life in Religion, History, Genealogy, and Storytelling |
This is the web page
of Jill Maria Fraley--a Kentucky native, a performance storyteller,
a published writer and photographer, a graduate of Yale University,
and a student of law at Duke University Law School. Besides containing
personal genealogy information, and some photos, this page connects
to several of papers, and also has lists of useful links for
Kentucky historians and Appalachian storytellers. |
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Snake
Handlers |
This page from the
UVa Religious Movements site contains a history and profile of
this branch of Pentecostalism. |
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Histories
of Religion in West Virginia |
This page is a bibliography
of the history of religion in West Virginia. It does not include
Native American religions. |
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Religion
in Early Virginia |
This page covers the
colonial era. A bibliography and some information are included. |
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Early
Virginia Religious Petitions |
This site presents
images of 423 petitions submitted to the Virginia legislature
between 1774 and 1802 from more than eighty counties and cities.
Drawn from the Library of Virginia's Legislative Petitions collection,
the petitions concern such topics as the historic debate over
the separation of church and state championed by James Madison
and Thomas Jefferson, the rights of dissenters such as Quakers
and Baptists, the sale and division of property in the established
church, and the dissolution of unpopular vestries. The collection
provides searchable access to the petitions' places of origin
and a brief summary of each petition's contents, as well as summaries
of an additional seventy-four petitions that are no longer extant. |
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Southern
Religion in Mulberry, Tennessee |
This site was established
as part of a Southern Religion class project at the University
of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Has some interesting denominational
history. |
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Church
Of God In Christ |
This is a denomination's
site. |
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Historical
Society of Western Pennsylvania Catalog |
This is an extensive,
searchable collection of history resources. It includes some
interesting primary sources. |
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Learning
Guide to: Matewan |
Teaching resources
for using the film. Religion in the life of the miners is emphasized. |
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Teach
with Movies: United States History and Culture Heritage Index |
These are very large
collections of teaching resources to use with classic movies.
(Also see: Religions
Heritage Index) |
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West
Virginia: A Historical Resource Guide |
This page lists Marshall
University's special collections resources in West Virginia History. |
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Index
of West Virginia Humanist Groups |
Lists Humanist Congregations. |
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An
Introduction To West Virginia Ethnic Communities |
Includes a detailed
listing of communities and contacts in each. This should be helpful
for field research. |
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Kentucky
Information |
Huge resource list
from University of Louisville. |
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Churches
of Christ |
Denominational site(s). |
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Kentucky
Department for Libraries and Archives |
State library site. |
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South
Carolina Reference Room |
State library site. |
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WPA
Life Histories from South Carolina |
These titles are mostly
first-person accounts of life in South Carolina collected during
the Great Depression. The Works Project Administration project
categories include: Afro-American Life and Beliefs and Customs. |
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Appalachian
Studies Association: A Selected Bibliography of Scholarship on
Appalachia |
Intended to serve as
a guide, primarily to works written from 1960. The exception
to this principle is in the section Classics in Appalachian Scholarship,
where most of the works cited predate 1960. The bibliography
focuses on book-length works. |
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Appalachian
Studies Selected Bibliography |
From Appalachian State
University. Compiled 1994. |
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Denominations |
Lists numerous denominational
links ... |
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IPHC
Archives and Research Center |
International Pentecostal
Holiness Church denominational site and research center. |
Religion: Information Centers