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015 $aGBA3-U3856
020 $a158544250X (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aBV638$b.M85 2003
082 00 $a277.64/08/091734$221
100 1 $aMyers, Lois E.,$d1946-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90727160
245 10 $aRock beneath the sand :$bcountry churches in Texas /$cphotographs by Clark G. Baker ; text by Lois E. Myers & Rebecca Sharpless.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aCollege Station :$bTexas A&M University Press,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $axx, 197 pages :$billustrations, map ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aSam Rayburn series on rural life ;$vno. 5
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [183]-190) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tRural Life and Religion in Central Texas -- $gCh. 2.$tBelonging to the Family -- $gCh. 3.$tFeeling at Home -- $gCh. 4.$tServing the Lord -- $gCh. 5.$tFacing Change.
520 1 $a"At the crossroads of Central Texas, cotton once ruled as king. Around this demanding monarch, numerous communities grew up and thrived. From the distant horizon, the communities were marked by church steeples stretching skyward. Today, cotton has disappeared from the land, and the communities too are largely gone. Only the churches remain - the rock beneath the sands of time." "This powerfully illustrated book seeks to explain the staying power of these rural churches and to introduce the people who keep them alive while the surrounding communities have given way to the larger towns and cities nearby. Beyond the power of religion itself, the authors have uncovered the roles of geography, race, ethnicity, and family in giving life to these small churches." "Authors Lois Myers and Rebecca Sharpless enhance our understanding of the interplay of religion and culture, the qualities of late twentieth-century rural life, and the continuing draw of the open country. Photojournalist Clark Baker portrays open-country churches and their members in vivid black and white photographs." "Churches featured in the volume include the oldest Norwegian Lutheran church in Texas, four African American Baptist churches organized soon after emancipation, white Southern Baptist churches, Protestant and Catholic churches founded by European and Mexican immigrants, and one union church that for most of the past century accommodated both Methodists and Baptists. Based on memories of longtime members, church minutes and histories, baptism records, and family histories the authors collapse decades of tradition into the enchanting and informative pages of this book."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aRural churches$zTexas$xHistory.
651 0 $aTexas$xChurch history.
700 1 $aSharpless, Rebecca.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87878860
700 1 $aBaker, Clark,$d1959-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003037822
830 0 $aSam Rayburn series on rural life ;$vno. 5.
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