Publications

Publication details [#35120]

Titon, Jeff Todd. 1988. Powerhouse for God: Speech, chant, and song in an Appalachian Baptist church. University of Texas Press. viii + 523 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnography of speaking | folklore | praying | religion | song

Language as a subject

English, Appalachian

Annotation

This contribution to religious ethnography deals with the community and the language of religious practice of the People of the Fellowship Independent Baptist Church in Stanley, Virgina.

Reviewed by

Goldstein, Diane E. 1990. Review of $Powerhouse for God: Speech, chant, and song in an Appalachian Baptist church.