RELIGION Religion n Souths religion is evangelical n

RELIGION

Religion n South’s religion is evangelical n Protestant n fundamentalist n widespread n

Importance of religion, by state (2008)

n South as “Bible Belt” n Two sacraments/rites: baptism n Lord’s Supper/Communion (Eucharist) n n Traditional faith supernaturalism n most Southerners profess some type of traditional/orthodox beliefs n

n Importance of the Bible sole reference point for belief and practice n literal interpretation? n King James Version n Good News for Modern Man Importance of the individual salvation n evangelism n

n Denominations n More than 60 different Baptist organizations in U. S. n Southern Baptist is largest (over 16 million members in more than 42, 000 churches) Methodist n Presbyterian n Pentecostal/Holiness n Church of God n Assembly of God n Church of the Nazarene n Episcopal n Roman Catholic n

A Brief History of Religion in the South n Native American religions monotheistic n nature-based n seasons n weather n animals n plants n spirits n visions n

n Europeans introduce Christianity Spanish (RC) Florida, Texas n French (RC) Mississippi Valley, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama n English (Anglican) Virginia n n Great Awakening 1730 s-1740 s n Atlantic coast n fire & brimstone sermons n

Roman Catholicism in the South, 2000

n Second Great Awakening 1790 s-1830 s n frontier n Cane Ridge, KY (1801) n Results n widespread conversion n increase in law and order n increase in vocations n increase in education n

n Slaves and Christianity obedient servant n slave galleries/balconies n slave preachers n spirituals n n Secession and Civil War Protestant reaction n Catholic reaction n

n After Emancipation Jim Crow in religion n new denominations n vibrant, energetic, alive n social networking n n Third Great Awakening 1880 s-1910 s n Holiness/Pentecostal movement n Church of God with Signs Following n n n George Went Hensley serpent handling

n Civil Rights Movement role of organized religion n Martin Luther King, Jr. n Catholic position on segregation/integration n n Moral Majority (1979) n n Jerry Falwell Christian Coalition (1988) n Pat Robertson

n Religious fanaticism Christ-haunted landscape n Visionary art n Roadside crosses, shrines, signs n Paradise Gardens n God's Architects n n God's n n Architects trailer W. C. Rice’s Cross Garden street evangelists

Christ-haunted landscape