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Subject(s)

• Southern States—Social life and customs—1865-—Anecdotes [Browse]
• Southern States—Biography—Anecdotes [Browse]
• Southern States—Social conditions—1945-—Anecdotes [Browse]
• Chatham, James O. 1937-—Anecdotes [Browse]
• Clergy—Southern States—Biography—Anecdotes [Browse]

Series

Folklife in the South series. [More in this series]

Summary note

• "James O. Chatham, a Presbyterian minister who served several congregations during four decades, witnessed a full spectrum of Southern types during his years in the pulpit. He met all kinds, and he strived to minister to each with a compassionate, pastoral hand."--BOOK JACKET. "In Sundays Down South: A Pastor's Stories he recounts experiences with people who were both heroic and pathetic, wise and foolish, visionary and blind."--BOOK JACKET.
• "He preached in a variety of southern locales - a paper-mill town in the mountains of western Virginia, two small communities in southwestern Mississippi, a tobacco town in Piedmont North Carolina, and a city on the edge of Kentucky's bluegrass region. The people he encountered in his pastorates are flawed but charming, even admirable in some instances."--BOOK JACKET.

Notes

Series from jacket.

Contents

• Covington, Virginia, 1962-1963. A Garland Instead of Ashes. Skeered of One Another. Amy's Gift. Springtime in the Mountains
• Fayette and Union Church, Mississippi, 1964-1966. Starters. Mr. Cecil's World. A Short Sermon by Mr. Bunt. Standing on Holy Ground. The Jefferson County Boycott. Barbershop. The Shedrick Conspiracy. What No One Ever Knew. Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh. Each in Its Time. From Miss Susie's Front Porch. Thus Did the Lord Say. The Scots' Legacy. Nighttime Radio
• Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1966-1973. Five Loaves and Two Fish. Seeing Things Differently Now. Don't Say It. Friends of a Different Sort. Something Wrong with Bill. The Marriage of Two Worlds. "A Gift from the Lord" Cluckers. George's Little Jump Shot. Let's Find Us a Poor Family. Thou Shalt Receive No Pile
• Louisville, Kentucky, 1977 to the Present. I Can Handle It. Unbounded Spunk. A Tale of Two Congregations. Secret Lives. Wireless Transmission.
• Everything's Going to Be All Right! Faith Healing. Addicted. Samaritans. A Lot of Small Stones. Keeping the Options Open. I Could Be Your Son. Against My Better Judgment. Community at a Crossroads.

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ISBN

• 157806175X (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1578061768 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

99024148

OCLC

41070762

RCP

C - O

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