Southern Crossroads Book

Introduction Walter H. Conser Jr. Conser, Walter H., Jr. Rodger M. Payne Payne, Rodger M. 1

Religious Aspects of Southern Culture

"Just a Little Talk with Jesus": Elvis Presley, Religious Music, and Southern Spirituality Charles Reagan Wilson Wilson, Charles Reagan 9

Miami's Little Havana: Yard Shrines, Cult Religion, and Landscape James R. Curtis Curtis, James R. 27

The Archaeology of African American Slave Religion in the Antebellum South Charles E. Orser, Jr. Orser, Charles E., Jr. 39

Prime Minister William Martin Martin, William 63

Contextualizing the Apocalyptic Visions of McKendree Robbins Long William D. Moore Moore, William D. Walter H. Conser, Jr. Conser, Walter H., Jr. 89

Flannery O'Connor and the Southern Code of Manners Matthew Day Day, Matthew 133

Encounters in Southern Religion and Culture

Meetings at the Buddhist Temple: Signposts to a Changing South Barbara Lau Lau, Barbara 147

Feeding the Jewish Soul in the Delta Diaspora Marcie Cohen Ferris Ferris, Marcie Cohen 164

"There Is Magic in Print": The Holiness-Pentecostal Press and the Origins of Southern Pentecostalism Randall J. Stephens Stephens, Randall J. 194

Scottish Heritage, Southern Style Celeste Ray Ray, Celeste 231

"These Untutored Masses": The Campaign for Respectability among White and Black Evangelicals in the American South, 1870-1930 Paul Harvey Harvey, Paul 249

Religion and Markers of Identity

Purgatory in the Carolinas: Catholic Devotionalism in Nineteenth-Century South Carolina Diana Pasulka Pasulka, Diana 275

Baptist Women and the South: From the "Woman's Sphere" to the Pulpit Bill J. Leonard Leonard, Bill J. 303

Lynching Religion: Why theOld Man Shouted "Glory!" Donald G. Mathews Mathews, Donald G. 318

Fundamentalism in Recent Southern Culture: Has It Done What the Civil Rights Movement Couldn't Do? Samuel S. Hill Hill, Samuel S. 354

Copyrights and Permissions 369

List of Contributors 371

Index 375