The Church and Rural Tennessee [microform] / Charles L. Cleland.
Involvement of the church in rural community life was investigated by examining the "Fifty-Year Index to Rural Sociology." Findings revealed that 43 separate articles were published from 1944 to 1977 under categories of community life (7 articles); ministers: elite control (4); attitudes (...
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| Language: | English |
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1987.
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| Summary: | Involvement of the church in rural community life was investigated by examining the "Fifty-Year Index to Rural Sociology." Findings revealed that 43 separate articles were published from 1944 to 1977 under categories of community life (7 articles); ministers: elite control (4); attitudes (5); beliefs, practices (6); churches (6); church membership, participation (3); church organization (6); development, maintenance of religious communities (4); fertility behavior (2); ministers (5); and social participation (5). Some articles were included under more than one heading. The study indicated that since the provision of services has shifted from local to more distant agencies, the church has filled gaps which federal and state programs have left. Five examples of church involvement in rural Tennessee areas included: (1) Reelfoot Rural Ministry (providing transportation services to a community center for northwestern Tennessee); (2) Appalachian Community Development, which involves 48 groups in art/culture, services, construction, citizen action, education, job training, income generating, agriculture, coalitions, land acquisition, and communications projects; (3) Mountain Women's Exchange, which provides a network for sharing ideas/resources and developing educational and job programs for rural women; (4) Commission on Religion in Appalachia through which 17 churches build community and combat poverty; and (5) Jellico Community Hospital, a Seventh Day Adventist owned facility. A bibliography of the 43 journal articles is included. (NEC) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society (Madison, WI, August 13, 1987). ERIC Document Number: ED295765. |
| Physical Description: | 12 pages. |
| Reproduction Note: | Microfiche. |
| Action Note: | committed to retain |