| Flashes of a Southern Spirit: Meanings of the Spirit in the U.S. South Subjects: Southern States -- Civilization; Regionalism -- Southern States; Group identity -- Southern States; Southern States -- Religious life and customs; Southern States -- Religion -- Social aspects; Spiritual life -- Social aspects -- Southern States; Spiritua; Flashes of a Southern Spirit explores meanings of the spirit in the American South, including religious ecstasy and celebrations of regional character and distinctiveness. CHARLES REAGAN WILSON is director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and a professor of history at the University of Mississippi. He is coeditor of the Encyclopedia of Southern Culture and author of Baptized in Blood (Georgia). |