In the Hands of a Happy God: The "No-Hellers" of Central Appalachia

The investigation of Primitive Baptist Universalists — Calvinist 'No-Hellers, ' which sounds for all the world like an oxymoron — requires the exact type of seasoned and comprehensive field experience which Dorgan has brought to it with meticulous care and insight. — Deborah Vansau McCauley, author of Appalachian Mountain ReligionAmong the many forms of religious practice found in the ridges and hollows of Central Appalachia, one of the most intriguing — and least understood — is that of th...