Better Felt Than Said
The Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in Southern Appalachia

Better Felt Than Said is a sensitive and detailed portrait of religious men and women and their struggles in a less than ideal world. It is an important addition to the ethnographic study of Southern Appalachia, for it provides one of the few studies of the region combining participant observation and statistical analysis. Because of its informal probing style, Better Felt Than Said will be valuable to students of Southern Appalachia and religious behavior, as well as to all anthropologists interested in the ethnographic analysis of religion.

Preface

Part One

1. Introduction

2. The Place

3. The Beliefs

Part Two

4. Josh Armstrong

5. Frank Harper

6. Elma Davis

7. Lee Russell Armstrong

8. Violet Christianson

9. Alice Anderson

10. Pam Kramer

11. Vernon Watson

Part Three

12. The Worship

13. The Prime Movers

14. The Certainty

15. The Personality

16. Conclusions

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