Words and Silences Saldene Lyte This ethnographic examination challenges contemporary

This ethnographic examination challenges contemporary theory and explores two interrelated themes: the duality of the southern Appalachians as both a menacing and majestic landscape and the emotional relationship to family land characteristic of long-term residents of these mountains

This powerful book shows how we can connect our experiences to the gospel stories in a creative way that allows us to draw strength from them

Analysis of text and social network data is also addressed

The book includes expanded ideas and resources for socializing

Words and Silences Saldene Lyte This ethnographic examination challenges contemporaryWords and Silences tells the story of an extraordinary group of independent Nenets reindeer herders in the northwest Russian Arctic. Under socialism these nomads managed to avoid the Soviet state and its institutions of collectivization, but soon after the atheist regime collapsed, while some staunchly resisted, many of them became fervent fundamentalist Christians. By exploring differing concepts of how traditional and convert Nenets use and define