Circling Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality

by Connie May Fowler, Debra Moffitt, Susan Cushman, et al.

Book Overview

Circling Faith is a collection of essays by southern women that encompasses spirituality and the experience of winding through the religiously charged environment of the American South.
Mary Karr, in "Facing Altars," describes how the consolation she found in poetry directed her to a similar solace in prayer. In "Chiaroscuro: Shimmer and Shadow," Susan Cushman recounts how her dissatisfaction with a Presbyterian upbringing led her to hold...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817317678
• ISBN13: 9780817317676
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.1"