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Elder John Sparks (Author)
” Winner of the Chaffin Award 2004 for Celebration of Appalachian Writings Appalachia’s distinctive brand of Christianity has always been something of a puzzle to mainline American congregations. Often treated as pagan and unchurched, native Appalachian sects are labeled as ultraconservative, primitive, and fatalistic, and the actions of minority sub-groups such as “snake handlers” are associated with all worshippers in the region. Yet these churches that many regard as being outside the mainstr
Author Biography
Elder John Sparks is an ordained minister of the United Baptist Church and graduate of Pikeville College.
Number of Pages: 327Dimensions: 0.86 x 9.06 x 6.16 INPublication Date: March 25, 2005
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