tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post9054828914146275298..comments2024-03-26T11:33:59.219-06:00Comments on Religion in American History: Wise Blood, and Killing for Coal DustPaul Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13881964303772343114noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-83954404588320275812009-05-18T09:50:00.000-06:002009-05-18T09:50:00.000-06:00Thanks for the plug, Paul, and for the kind commen...Thanks for the plug, Paul, and for the kind comment, Art. I do think, and hope, that there will be more interest in the intersections of religion and labor in the future, and I get hints that there is some interesting work being done in this area by grad students right now. It is truly a vast subject, and one that is central to American history (and modernity more generally), but, for whatever reason, overwhelmingly neglected (especially by American religious historians). And the issue is broader than just organized labor or formations of class -- "work" and "labor" are important problematics for the study of religion and religious history, I think.rjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447486006327105309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37589721331585843.post-6951807494136978992009-05-16T04:03:00.000-06:002009-05-16T04:03:00.000-06:00Oh that Hazel Motes! “Nobody with a good car needs...Oh that Hazel Motes! “Nobody with a good car needs to be justified.” If I just had a good car...<br /><br /> Pardon the potential shameless plug, but Pamela Demory's <A HREF="http://jsr.fsu.edu/wblood.htm" REL="nofollow"> article in the <EM>Journal of Southern Religion</EM></A><EM></EM> has some great insights on the film. Like many others, I had read the novel first, and wasn't totally impressed by the film. Demory helped me rethink this, and recognize that a film and a novel are very different modes of communication. "John Huston's <EM>Wise Blood </EM> may not offer its audience the hope of eternal salvation that O'Connor's novel does, but the reader who also sees Huston's film may come away with a greater appreciation for the significance of faith in O'Connor's novel." <br /><br />Great stuff on the rest of the post too. I think that Lofton is correct in predicting that more studies on coal religion are on their way. The time is right and the topic has great potential, as Callahan's outstanding book shows.Art Remillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03857242536492717015noreply@blogger.com