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the Bible Belt

the southern and central area of the United States, where many people have very strong traditional Christian beliefs. Country music is very popular in the Bible Belt.

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My home state of Tennessee is, after all, in the heart of the Bible Belt, and almost every adult bookstore has an impressive cross in front of it, erected by some local congregation who would prefer such business was done elsewhere, if at all. Cross purposes: do we really want our Christian symbols to "lord" it ... by Cones, Bryan / U.S. Catholic Census Bureau and found that the highest divorce rates are found in the Bible Belt. Americans United files lawsuit over 'faith-based' marriage counseling by Church & State Though the ethos of Peoples Temple mirrored in many ways the fundamentalist Protestant "holy rollers" common throughout the Bible Belt in the last century--even sharing some of the same hymns and traditions such as the laying on of hands that more sophisticated white groups had long since done away with--the newly unearthed videotapes used in the film provide a vibrant documentation of how the spirit moves when a congregation uses its hands rather than sits on them. Even hindsight isn't 20/20; Reflections on Jonestown: the Life and ... by Starr, Susan / Colorlines Magazine More results

My home state of Tennessee is, after all, in the heart of the Bible Belt, and almost every adult bookstore has an impressive cross in front of it, erected by some local congregation who would prefer such business was done elsewhere, if at all.

Cross purposes: do we really want our Christian symbols to "lord" it ... by Cones, Bryan / U.S. Catholic

Census Bureau and found that the highest divorce rates are found in the Bible Belt.

Americans United files lawsuit over 'faith-based' marriage counseling by Church & State

Though the ethos of Peoples Temple mirrored in many ways the fundamentalist Protestant "holy rollers" common throughout the Bible Belt in the last century--even sharing some of the same hymns and traditions such as the laying on of hands that more sophisticated white groups had long since done away with--the newly unearthed videotapes used in the film provide a vibrant documentation of how the spirit moves when a congregation uses its hands rather than sits on them.

Even hindsight isn't 20/20; Reflections on Jonestown: the Life and ... by Starr, Susan / Colorlines Magazine

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