The Christ-haunted landscape : faith and doubt in southern fiction / by Susan Ketchin.

God not only speaks but sings : "Tongues of fire" / Lee Smith
Saintly outlaws : "Full day" / Reynolds Price
Proceeding out from calamity : "A roadside resurrection" / Larry Brown
On being southern, Catholic, and female : from Slow poison / Sheila Bosworth
Something's got a hold on me : "Hope of Zion" / Sandra Hollin Flowers
Mississippi madness, Mississippi magic : from Cecelia's sin / Will Campbell
Resting on the bedrock of original sin : "This is the only time I'll tell it / Doris Betts
Ancient spells and incantations : "The strange and tragic ballad of Mabel Pearsall" / Randall Kenan
Celebrating the true and lively word : "A new life" / Mary Ward Brown
The writer as shaman : from Scar lover / Harry Crews
A garden of paradoxes : from Raney / Clyde Edgerton
When I'm fog on a coffin lid : "It had wings" / Allan Gurganus.