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Reviews523 Across the South many rural churches, each somehow marked with the culture of its own place, face deterioration. With increasing frequency, remarkable examples of community efforts to save these important sacred spaces from destruction offer a new kind of spiritual inspiration. In this atmosphere of renewed preservation activity, Rankin's book reinforces the significance of sacred spaces and their value to southern culture. The Airwaves of Zion: Radio and Religion in Appalachia. By Howard Dorgan. University of Tennessee Press, 1993. Cloth, $31.95; paper, $18.95. Reviewed by Bennett L. Steelman, assistant editorial page editor for the Wilmington, North Carolina, Morning Star and Sunday Star-News. He formerly wrote a radio-tv column for the newspaper. For much of the mainstream media, religious broadcasting evokes images of Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Jerry Falwell, or Pat Robertson. Yet, as Howard Dorgan reminds us, an older, still lively folk-oriented tradition survives on Sunday mornings (and occasionally Sunday afternoons and Saturdays) on dozens of am radio stations across the mountain regions of Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. These locally produced, live religious broadcasts -- ad hoc mixtures of preaching, gospel singing, and personal testifying--vary widely from community to community. After several years
Southern Cultures – University of North Carolina Press
Published: Jan 4, 1995
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