An edition of Holy roller (2008)
Holy roller
growing up in the church of knock down drag out, or, How I stopped loving a blue-eyed Jesus
By Diane Wilson,Diane Wilson
Publish Date
2008
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub. Co.
Language
eng
Pages
210
Description:
A Texas Gulf Coast shrimper and author of An Unreasonable Woman describes growing up in rural Texas in a family of Holy Rollers, detailing a childhood of tent revivals, snake handling, and evangelism and reflecting on its influence on her adult life, activism, and dedication to social justice.
subjects: Biography, Childhood and youth, Environmentalists, Family, Pentecostals, Political activists, Religious life and customs, Rural conditions, Shrimpers (Persons), Social life and customs, Texas, biography, Texas, social conditions, Texas, social life and customs
People: Diane Wilson (1948-)
Places: Seadrift, Seadrift (Tex.), Texas, United States
Times: 20th century