Judgment and Grace in Dixie

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Wilson writes in a clear and entertaining style with insight and sympathy. He understands and explains the pervasive religious mindset of the South. -- <i>Library Journal</i> A brilliant excavation of religious strains in the southern psyche. -- <i>Commonwealt</i> A fascinating examination of the South's pervasive evangelical Protestantism. Anyone interested in the modern South will enjoy this engaging, well-written book. -- John Shelton Reed * author of <i>Southern Folk, Plain and Fancy: Native White Social Types</i> * Anyone who wants to know. more about contemporary southern religious and cultural life should start with this book. Wilson possesses an outstanding ability to look clearly at the transformations of the South and to interpret their meaning by focusing on popular events and icons. -- Edward L. Queen II * <i>Christian Century</i> * Highly readable and often thought-provoking, these essays make a notable contribution to our understanding of religion's influence in the South. -- <i>Atlanta History</i> Wilson is an inspired eclectic and a strategic reader in scholarship produced in disciplines other than history. . . . This collection entertains! -- <i>Southern Quarterly</i> Eclectic and suggestive . . . A book that intersects provocatively with the work of scholars such as Colleen McDannell, Ted Ownby, and Lawrence Levine on material culture, religion, and consumerism. -- <i>Church History</i> For those who try to understand the matter of religion in the South, the topic is a bewildering one. . . . With a prose style that is clear and supple and an intelligence that is probing and authoritative, Charles Reagan Wilson demystifies the subject and carries us into the very heart of the dilemma. -- <i>South Atlantic Review</i>