The sanctified South
Subtitle: John Lakin Brasher and the Holiness Movement
By: J. Lawrence Brasher.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Brasher, John Lakin, 1868-1971.; Methodist Church (U.S.) -- Southern States -- Clergy -- Biography.; Methodist Church -- Southern States -- Clergy -- Biography.; Holiness churches -- Southern States -- Clergy -- Biography.; Southern States -- Church history -- 19th century.; Southern States -- Church history -- 20th century.
Description: "This richly detailed biography examines the colorful life and preaching of evangelist John Lakin Brasher (1868-1971), effectively destroying old stereotypes that portrayed holiness folk as fanatical and uneducated." "Relying primarily on Brasher's 25,000 manuscripts and on extensive sound recordings of his preaching and storytelling, J. Lawrence Brasher analyzes the dynamics of holiness religious experience and explores the beliefs, rituals, politics, cultural context, and folklore of the southern holiness movement."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-240) and index.