Viewing the Bible Belt

Tweedie, Stephen W.

doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1978.1104_865.x

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“…The South, consisting of south Atlantic and east and west south‐central states, bears on average the greatest support for theocracy and opposition to ecology, whereas the West, consisting of mountain and Pacific states, has the strongest opposition to theocracy and moderate support for ecology, similar to the Northeast, consisting of New England and the mid‐Atlantic states. The results for theocracy are broadly similar to those from other regional studies of U.S. religiosity (Zelinsky 1961; Shortridge 1976; Tweedie 1978), yet slightly different from studies of civil religion (Stump 1985). Though few published studies reveal U.S. spatial patterns of environmentalism or trust in science, results for ecology are unsurprising in suggesting that the strongest support is found on the east and west coasts.…”

Section: Regional and Cross‐national Comparisonsupporting

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Religion as Trust in Authority: Theocracy and Ecology in the United States

Proctor

2006

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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Far from being a universal feature of culture, the concept of religion has distinctly western origins. What, then, is religion, and how shall it be empirically studied? I suggest, as one of many possible alternatives, an etymologically‐based approach to religion, understood as trust in sources of epistemic and moral authority. Four authorities are considered, including institutional religion, science, nature, and the state. I present results of a survey‐based empirical inquiry of U.S. adults, enriched by means of follow‐up interviews exploring their trust or distrust in these domains of authority. Based on this inquiry, two hybrid forms are at the forefront of religious debate among Americans: theocracy, a linking of trust in institutional religion and government, and ecology, a combined trust in nature and science. These results are regionally variable in the United States, and cross‐national data clarify the exceptionalist position of the United States with respect to European countries. Trust in authority emerges as a fruitful means to link seemingly disparate realms of social life, and offers an important basis for geographic comparison. Yet whether understood broadly as trust in authority or along other lines, the geography of religion will benefit from greater theoretical precision and methodological pluralism as suggested in this study.

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Section: Regional and Cross‐national Comparisonsupporting

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Religion as Trust in Authority: Theocracy and Ecology in the United States

Proctor

2006

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

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“…22 This is true especially in Deep South states such as Alabama and Mississippi, which are a part of the so-called Bible Belt. 32 …”

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Explaining and Improving Breast Cancer Information Acquisition Among African American Women in the Deep South

Anderson-Lewis¹,

Ross²,

Johnson³

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Southern Medical Journal

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Objectives A major challenge facing contemporary cancer educators is how to optimize the dissemination of breast cancer prevention and control information to African American women in the Deep South who are believed to be cancer free. The purpose of this research was to provide insight into the breast cancer information-acquisition experiences of African American women in Alabama and Mississippi and to make recommendations on ways to better reach members of this high-risk, underserved population. Methods Focus group methodology was used in a repeated, cross-sectional research design with 64 African American women, 35 years old or older who lived in one of four urban or rural counties in Alabama and Mississippi. Results Axial-coded themes emerged around sources of cancer information, patterns of information acquisition, characteristics of preferred sources, and characteristics of least-preferred sources. Conclusions It is important to invest in lay health educators to optimize the dissemination of breast cancer information to African American women who are believed to be cancer free in the Deep South.

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“…Historical colonial dominance of the coastal area by Spanish missionaries and Catholic French and Catholic Canadian 18 settlers still influences the southern coastal region. The northern region was influenced by Protestant itinerate preachers and missionaries and settlers from the central and east coast once Louisiana became a state and has been designated by many as part of the Bible Belt (Tweedlie 1978;Zelinsky 1972). As populations shift, so will the religious mix in the central and northern parts of the state.…”

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Sojourners in a New Land: Hope and Adaptive Traditions

Peterson

2019

Louisiana's Response to Extreme Weather

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The Louisiana State flag has a mother Pelican caring for and protecting the next generation. Like the pelican on the flag, the task in Louisiana is to provide care for and protection of generations yet to come. The task facing us now, however, is rejuvenating rural communities that are suffering from inadequate physical and social structures. This rejuvenation will benefit and heal the current communities as they prepare to become areas of hospitality for those who are and will become sojourners from Louisiana coastal and riverine areas. At the core of hospitality of receiving the stranger are the acts of welcoming, supplying food, storytelling, and relationship and community building (Buber 1970). Culture, which includes "art and literature, lifestyles, ways of living together, value systems, traditions, and beliefs," is an overlooked element in rebuilding cities and rural areas, ravaged by disasters, war, and other forms of distress, according to a joint World Bank and UNESCO report (UNESCO 2018). This chapter explores the role of culture in the resettlement inland of coastal Louisianans.

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Viewing the Bible Belt

Cited by 22 publications

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Religion as Trust in Authority: Theocracy and Ecology in the United States

Religion as Trust in Authority: Theocracy and Ecology in the United States

Explaining and Improving Breast Cancer Information Acquisition Among African American Women in the Deep South

Sojourners in a New Land: Hope and Adaptive Traditions

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