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Ebay seems to have a regular circulation on broken up sets of them. At the time of this posting, a bid of $17 stands with an hour left in the auction.The Foxfire books are great. Number 7 is my personal favorite, because it deals with religion - including camp meetings, shape-note singing, footwashing and snake handling. I would recommend getting it if it can still be found.
I like the way you worded this. That was what I was looking for and couldn't think of when making that post. That is exactly what I found refreshing in Dorgan's work - he obviously had not ignored them, neither did he ridicule them. But, yes, probably overly symphathetic at times.Originally posted by Jeff Weaver:
...It does seem that we obscure Baptists types are completely ignored, ridiculed, etc. by mainstream Baptist authors/press...
There are a couple that I haven't seen metioned here before that would be useful, if they can be found.Jeff, do you have any other recommends for reading about what Eric calls the older country Baptist denominations?
JimHow closely connected are Primitive Baptists and Landmark Baptists? I am trying to categorize myself if I were living in the USA.
Jeff, you are prolly familiar with an old professor of mine from Kentucky, Dr. C.D. Cole. It was through him I was introduced to the Landmark idea, and suppose myself to be a landmarkist of sorts.
Cheers,
Jim
There are some here who would probably dispute that. Some on here would dispute the sky being blue on a sunny day at none. I cheerfully ignore them, as I am sure they cheerfully ignore me.Guess I am prolly a Baptist.....
Robert can you give us the salient points of the book. Sounds promising.Another book recommend:
Local Baptists, Local Politics: Churches and Communities in the Middle and Uplands South; Clifford A. Grammich, Jr.; University of Tennessee Press; 1999 - http://www.netstoreusa.com/cubooks/157/1572330457.shtml
The main subject of this book is politics. But in this study, Cliff focuses on six small Baptist groups: Central Baptist Association, Duck River & Kindred Baptists, Old Missionary Baptists, Old Regular Baptists, Eastern District Primitive Baptist Association, and United Baptists. So the book provides some resources on these small, often undetected, groups of Baptists. These six groups were chosen over some others (such as Old Line Primitive Baptists) because for the most part they are confined to a small geographical area and tend to maintain consistent political characteristics within their groups.