Bibliography

For more information:

Written Works:

Campbell, John C. The Southern Highlander and His Homeland. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky , 1969. Originally published in 1921, this early survey contains much information on rural religious practice.

Cantrell, Brent; and Tom Rankin. Signs of the Times, Roadside Signs as Expressions of Place. Etowah , Tenn : Tennessee Overhill , 1998. An essay with large format photographs of roadside signs in McMinn, Polk and Monroe Counties .

Fischer, David H.  Albion’s Seed, Four British Folkways in America.  New York :  Oxford University Press, 1989. A study of correlations between traditional culture in the U.S. and England including much on early religious belief and practice.

Hill, Samuel S. Encyclopedia of Religion in the South. Macon : Mercer Univ. Press, 1984. A standard work on the subject, helps chart the maze of denominational divisions

Mayes, Catherine. A Coal Miner’s Simple Message. Middlesboro , KY : Mayes, 1999. A history of Henry Mayes and his “ministry of signs” prepared by his daughter.

Ownby, Ted. Subduing Satan, Religion, Recreation, and Manhood in the Rural South, 1865-1920. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1990. Chronicles the uneasy relationship between southern male culture and the churches.

Tennessee Historical Society and University of Tennessee Press.  Tennessee Encyclopedia of Culture and History. A great general overview of Tennessee , fully accessible online at http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/.

Wilson, Charles Reagan; and William Ferris, eds. Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1989. For information on everything from graveyards to dinner on the ground.

Recordings:

Old Harp Singers of East Tennessee . Old Harp Singing. Folkways Records FA 2356.  1951. Available from Smithsonian/Folkways. A classic mid-century recording of East Tennessee Old Harp.

Singing Echoes. Thirty-fifth Anniversary of the Singing Echoes.  http://www.singingechoes.com/. A Cleveland based southern gospel group.

Various Artists. Children of the Heav’nly King, Religious expression in the Central Blue Ridge . Rounder 1506/1507. Field recordings primarily from North Carolina .

Various Artists. Meeting in the Air, Sacred Music of the Southern Appalachians . John C. Campbell Folk School . 1995. Field recordings from the Tennessee/North Carolina border.

Various Artists. The Pine Breeze Recordings. Jubilee Records  JCA 1002, 2005. Primarily secular, but includes several field recordings of sacred music made around Chattanooga in the 1970’s.

Films:

Fab, Joe; and Elliot Berlin, Dir.  Paper Clips.  Miramax Films, 2004. The story of the Whitwell Middle School Holocaust Project.

Rutenbeck, James, Dir.  Raise the Dead. Icarus Films, 1998. Features the roadside ministry of Richard Hall. The Icarus website <www.frif.com/new99/raiseded.html> hosts a downloadable study guide.