Volume 21 (2019)
Special Joint Issue:
"Material and Visual Culture of Religion in the American South"
Editors' Special Issue Introduction
This special joint issue is published with MAVCOR Journal (the journal of the Center for the Study of Material and Visual Cultures of Religion at Yale University). The journals issued a call for papers together in 2017 and are pleased to publish these four peer-reviewed articles, two editorial introductions, and one editorial reflection. In his editorial reflection, Bill Ferris considers his own history with southern religion and material culture. Jason Young and Louis P. Nelson offer introductions for the four articles, with additional reflection on the state of the field.
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Introductions
Material and Visual Cultures of Religion in the American South
William R. Ferris
Critical Reflections on Visual and Material Religion
Louis P. Nelson
Jason R. Young
Articles
Edward J. Blum
Horseshoe Crosses and Muddy Boots: Material Culture and Rural Masculinity in Cowboy Churches
Sarah "Moxy" Moczygemba
The Second Great Awakening and the Built Landscape of Missouri
Samuel Stella
Emily Wright