Appalachian Collection

Clerical and Missionary Writings on Appalachia Pathfinder


 

Scope

Religion plays a crucial role in the life of many people in the Appalachian Region. By impacting worldview, conveying notions of moral integrity and developing community relationships, religion is important to the understanding of the area and its people. From descriptions of early revivals of the 1700s, to missionary viewpoints of the mid-1800s, to present day sermons in both independent and mainline churches, church representatives have written prolifically on the area and its people. While there is much research on religion in Appalachia, there is no definitive Bibliography outlining texts written specifically by clerical and/or missionary workers. This pathfinder limits its scope to these authors, making available both primary and secondary sources relevant to missionary and clerical viewpoints on religion in Appalachia.

 

Introduction

An introduction to this topic may be found in Leonard, Bill J. "Introduction." Christianity in Appalachia: Profiles in Regional Pluralism . Ed. Bill J. Leonard. Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press, 1999. 328 pages. See pp. xv-xxxiii. ASU APP COLL STACKS: BR535.C45 1999.


LC and Clippings File Subject Headings:

Highly Relevant

  • Appalachian Region--religion
  • Appalachian Region, Southern--religion
  • Missions--Appalachian Region, Southern
  • "state"--church history
  • "denomination"--"state"--church history (works for most mainline denominations)

Also Relevant

  • Appalachian Region Religious Life and Customs
  • Baptists--Missions
  • Church work with the poor--Appalachian region
  • Missionaries--Appalachian Region, southern
  • Missionaries--Appalachian Region biography
  • Missions--Mississippi River Valley
  • Missionaries--"state"
  • Missionaries--North Carolina--Watauga County
  • Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--missions

More General

  • Appalachians (People)
  • Christian Sects--Appalachian Region
  • Christianity--Appalachian Region
  • Church History
  • Home Missions
  • Missions--Southern States

Related

  • Appalachian Region Religion Periodicals
  • Evangelists Biography
  • Evangelists--Appalachian Region--Biography
  • Missionaries--Appalachian Region Southern Biography


Clippings File Subject Headings

Religion


Call Numbers

Highly Relevant

  • BR 535
  • BV2793
  • BX8000-8999, especially BX8197-8999

Also Relevant

  • F210
  • BV2766-3785

More General and Related

  • BR540
  • BR145-6


Frequently Mentioned Texts

Brewer, Earl D.C. "Religion and the Churches." The Southern Appalachian Region: A Survey . Ed. Thomas R. Ford. Lexington, KY: The University of Kentucky Press, 1967. 308 pages. See pp. 201-218. ASU APP COLL STACKS: HC107.K4 S58 1967.

Campbell, John C. The Southern Highlander and His Homeland . Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky, 1969. 405 pages. See pp. 152-195. ASU APP COLL STACKS: F210.C2 1969.

"If I Were Beginning Again: A Reflective Symposium by Seven Rural Ministers." Mountain Life and Work , 23, no. 1. (Spr 1947), 6-10, 30. ASU APP COLL STACKS: GR103.M5.

Schermerhorn, John F. and Samuel J. Mills. "A Correct View of that part of the United States which lies West of the Allegany Mountains, with Respect to Religion and Morals." To Win the West: Missionary Viewpoints, 1814-1815 . Ed. Edwin S. Gaustad. Religion in America: Series II. New York, NY: Arno Press, 1972. 163 pages. See pp.1-52. ASU APP COLL STACKS: BR540.T6.

Weller, Jack. Yesterday's People: Life in Contemporary Appalachia . Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky Press, 1965. 161 pages. See pp. 121-134. ASU APP COLL STACKS: F210.W43.


Encyclopedias, Handbooks, and Atlases

Grammich, Clifford A. Appalachian Atlas: Maps of the Churches and People of the Appalachian Region . Knoxville, TN: Commission on Religion in Appalachia, 1994. 72 pages. ASU APP COLL STACKS: BR526.G72 1994.

Jones, Loyal. "Appalachian Religion." Encyclopedia of Religion in the South . Ed. Samuel S. Hill. Macon, GA: Mercer Press. 878 pages. See pp. 38-42. ASU REFERENCE: BR535.E52 1984.

Mead, Frank S. Handbook of Denominations . 8th Ed. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press. 320 pages. ASU REFERENCE: BR516.5.M38 1985.

Newman, William M. and Peter L. Halverson. Atlas of American Religion . New York, NY: Altamira Press, 2000. 176 pages. See pp. 107-167. ASU REFERENCE: BR515.N49 2000.

Stokely, Jim. "Religion." An Encyclopedia of East Tennessee . Eds. Jim Stokely and Jeff D. Johnson. Oak Ridge, TN: Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, 1981. 556 pages. See pp. 410-413. ASU APP COLL STACKS: F442.1. E53.


Bibliographies

Appalachian Bibliography, 1980 . Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Library, 1980. 2 vols. in one. See pp. 858-879. Under heading "Religion" it lists about 170 annotated citations. ASU APP COLL STACK: Z1251.A7 A6 1980.

Appalachian Studies Bibliography: Religion, 1994-2001 . West Virginia University Library. Contains over fifty citations including important recent works. Available on-line at www.libraries.wvu.edu/bibliography/religion.htm.

Jones, Loyal. "Appalachian Religion." Appalachian Journal: A Guide to Appalachian Studies , 5, no.1, (Aut 1977), 125-130. Includes about 40 citations and a helpful essay on the subject. ASU APP COLL STACKS: F106.A137 G6.

McCauley, Deborah. "Works Cited." In Appalachian Mountain Religion . Chicago, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1995. pp. 509-523. ASU APP COLL STACKS: BR 535.M38 1995.

McCauley's exhaustive bibliography, A Bibliography for the Study of Appalachian Mountain Religion , is not published and is available at Hutchins Library, Berea College in special collections and reference call number 016.2775 M123b.

Religious News Press in Appalachia , 1971. Ed. Gary Slaats. Knoxville, TN: Commission on Religion in Appalachia, 1971. 134 pages. Over 250 entries of religious periodicals listed by denomination, state, frequency, format, etc. ASU APP COLL STACKS: Z6944.R4 S5.


Abstracts and Indices

Includes most productive sources in terms of results versus time spent. Unless otherwise noted all sites are on-line and may be accessed remotely through www.library.appstate.edu with the correct patron identification, or at Belk Library at the same web address.

ATLAReligion . Includes information since 1949. Updated bi-annually. Provides citations to journal articles, essays in multi-author works, and book reviews from three ATLA print indexes: Religion Index One (RIO), Religion Index Two (RIT), and Index to Book Reviews in Religion (IBRR). Highly Relevant subject headings include Appalachia and Appalachian. Also relevant are Missionary and "state"; Missions and "state"; and Church and social problems. More general headings are Missions and "denomination"; and Missionary and "denomination."

InfoTrac OneFile . Includes information since 1980. Updated daily. Provides citations with abstracts to more than 6,000 general interest magazines, academic journals and more. Includes more than 2,500 full text articles. Highly relevant subject headings include Appalachian Region--religious aspects; Appalachian Region--religion; and Mountain Whites (southern states)--religious aspects. Also relevant are Commission on Religion in Appalachia; Church work with the poor; and Clergy. More general subject headings include--Religion and "state name"; Church and "state name"; and "state name"--religion.

American: History and Life . Includes information since 1964. Updated monthly. Provides citations with abstracts to over 1,800 journals and citations to book/media reviews and dissertations. Covers all English-language historical journals, as well as state and local history journals, and more. Highly relevant subject headings include Appalachia, Appalachia (southern), Missions and missionaries, and Folk Religion. Also relevant are Baptists "subdivide denominationally", Presbyterian Church- Cumberland, Presbyterian Mission Home and Appalachian Bible College. More general headings are Religion, Churches, Revivals, and Protestantism.

Other Indices

Less productive abstracts and indices in terms of results versus time spent include Academic Search Elite , Arts and Humanities Search, Sociological Abstracts and Ingenta.


Journals

American Missionary Magazine . New York: American Missionary Association. (Merged with Missionary Herald to form Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad . v.1, 1934-1951.) v.1-, 1846-1934. Monthly Jan. 1857- June 1897; Quarterly, Sept. 1897-1901; Monthly (except July and Aug.), 1902-1908; Monthly, 1909-1915; and Monthly (except Aug.), 1916-1934. Issues for 1878-1901 may be found at http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.journals/amis.html .

Appalachian Journal: A Regional Studies Review . Boone, NC: Appalachian Statue University. v.1-, 1972 to present. Quarterly. Semi-annual autumn 1972-spring 1974. Indexed in vols. 7, 18, 23, and 28. ASU APP COLL STACKS: F216.2 .A66.

CORAspondent . Knoxville, TN: Commission on Religion in Appalachia. v.1-, June 1982 to Spring 1994. Quarterly. ASU APP COLL STACKS.

Mountain Life and Work . Berea, KY: Berea College. v.1-64, 1925-1988. Quarterly Apr. 1925 (Spr 1925) and Monthly Dec. 1970 (bi-monthly July and August). Indexed yearly in each volume since 1975. ASU APP COLL STACKS: GR103.M5.

Mountain Review . Whitesburg, KY: Appalshop, Inc. v. 1-5, 1974- 1981. Quarterly 1974 and 1979. Bi-annual 1975 and 1977. Tri-annual 1976 and 1978. Annual 1980 and 1981. Good source of sermon, song, and testimony excerpts. ASU APP COLL STACKS: F106.M6.

 


Compiler: Jamie Butcher, December 4, 2003