The bible belt in a changing south shrinking, relocating, and multiple buckles

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 513-549

  Brunn, Stanley D ^a   Webster, Gerald R ^b   Archer, J Clark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bible belt; Church membership; Evangelical; Fundamentalism; Religion; Religious diversity; Religious landscapes

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; CHURCH ROLE; RELIGION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856054385     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: 15496929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.2011.0040     Document Type: Article

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