The Old Regular Baptists of Central Appalachia: Brothers and Sisters in Hope - Paperback

by Howard Dorgan (Author)

Using the techniques of anthropology, ethnography, and communications, Dorgan brings to life the faith and practices of the Old Regular Baptists. This little-studied group has adherents in the Appalachian heartland of Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia.

Author Biography

Until his death in 2012, Howard Dorgan was a professor of communications at Appalachian State University. He was the author of Airwaves of Zion: Radio Religion in Appalachia and In the Hands of a Happy God: The No Hellers of Central Appalachia.