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Autobiographical Reflections on Southern Religious History
John B. Boles
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Description for Autobiographical Reflections on Southern Religious History
Hardcover. A collection of essays in which young scholars discuss their work and interests as they recall how the circumstances of their upbringing and education steered them toward religious history. They tell of their growing awareness of how religion ties into larger social issues. Editor(s): Boles, John B. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Historians look at formative influences on their professional endeavors In these highly personal essays, both pioneering and promising young scholars discuss their work and interests as they recall how the circumstances of their upbringing and education steered them toward religious history. They tell of their own time and place and of their growing awareness of how religion ties into larger social issues: gender, class, and, most notably, race. Indeed, one essay begins, ""I was asked to write about why I came to study religion in the South. It was then I realized that it was because my grandfather had been ... Read more
Historians look at formative influences on their professional endeavors In these highly personal essays, both pioneering and promising young scholars discuss their work and interests as they recall how the circumstances of their upbringing and education steered them toward religious history. They tell of their own time and place and of their growing awareness of how religion ties into larger social issues: gender, class, and, most notably, race. Indeed, one essay begins, ""I was asked to write about why I came to study religion in the South. It was then I realized that it was because my grandfather had been ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820322971
SKU
V9780820322971
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About John B. Boles
John B. Boles is William Pettus Hobby Professor of History at Rice University and managing editor of the Journal of Southern History. His books include The Great Revival and Religion in Antebellum Kentucky.
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