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Circling Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality
by
Wendy Reed ,
Jennifer Horne , Mary Karr , Susan Cushman (Goodreads Author) , Beth Ann Fennelly , Marilou Awiakta , Brenda Marie Osbey , Amy Blackmarr
,
more…
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...more
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...more
Hardcover, 248 pages
Published
April 2nd 2012
by University Alabama Press
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I only stumbled on this book by visiting Bethanne Hill's booth at the Kentuck Arts Festival (she did the cover art), and I finally got around to reading it about a year later (after seeing it at Kentuck again).
As with any collection, I had a range of reactions and would probably do better to give each essay its own rating. But for the sake of brevity, I'll just mention my favorites.
Mary Karr's "Facing Altars" reluctantly confesses her journey into prayer via poetry. This was the first and best e...more
As with any collection, I had a range of reactions and would probably do better to give each essay its own rating. But for the sake of brevity, I'll just mention my favorites.
Mary Karr's "Facing Altars" reluctantly confesses her journey into prayer via poetry. This was the first and best e...more
Circling Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality is a wonderfully edited book containing essays by Southern women on the subject of spirituality. The term "spirituality" casts a wide net encompassing thoughts by religious women, spiritual women, non-believers, doubters, who were reared as Protestants, Jews, Catholics and who may or may not ascribe to the teachings of their youth. It is the first book where I can imagine totally what each writer has so say because I too am from the South. Their Sou...more
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I'm biased because a dear friend, Susan Cushman, has an essay in this book. Other writers whose work I enjoy - Rheta Grimsley Johnson, Mary Karr, Beth Ann Fennelly - have essays in it, too.
All that being said, though, this is a great collection. Religion is extremely prevelant in the south and the take on it - agnostic, Protestant, Jewish, Orthodox - in this book is fascinating and compelling.
All that being said, though, this is a great collection. Religion is extremely prevelant in the south and the take on it - agnostic, Protestant, Jewish, Orthodox - in this book is fascinating and compelling.
Love this collection of diverse essays. From a Mississippi girl who departs from her mainline Presbyterian upbringing to explore the depths of Orthodoxy, to a Jewish family running the local "Jew store" in a small town and being the only non-Christians for miles, there are so many interesting perspectives represented. A great read.
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