Keeping the Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives by Wayne Flynt (English)

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This historical memoir by the widely recognised scholar, Wayne Flynt, chronicles the inner workings of his academic career at Samford and Auburn Universities, as well as his many contributions to the general history of Alabama. Keeping the Faith tells the story of his life and his courageous battles against an indifferent or hostile hierarchy with modesty and honesty.

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This historical memoir by the widely recognised scholar, Wayne Flynt, chronicles the inner workings of his academic career at Samford and Auburn Universities, as well as his many contributions to the general history of Alabama. Flynt has travelled the state and the South lecturing and teaching both lay and academic groups, calling on his detailed knowledge of both the history and power structures in Alabama to reveal uncomfortable truths wherever he finds them, whether in academic institutions that fall short of their stated missions, in government and industry leaders who seek and hold power by playing to the fears and prejudices of the public, or in religious groups who abandon their original missions and instead seek financial and emotional comfort in lip service only.In doing so he has not only energised those who think the State of Alabama can and must do better, but also has earned the enmity of those who prosper, profit, and prevaricate for their own selfish ends. Nevertheless, Flynt utilises a lifetime of learning and reflection to voice the conscience of his community. Keeping the Faith: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives tells the story of his life and his courageous battles against an indifferent or hostile hierarchy with modesty and honesty. In doing so he tells us how Alabama institutions really are manipulated and, more importantly, why we should care.

Author Biography

Wayne Flynt is a Distinguished University Professor of History at Auburn University and author or coauthor of eleven books, including Alabama in the Twentieth Century; Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie; Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites; Alabama: The History of a Deep South State; and Taking Christianity to China: Alabama Missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1850-1950. He has been recognised with numerous awards and honours, including the Lillian Smith Book Award, the Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing, the James F. Sulzby Book Award (twice), and the Alabama Library Association Award for nonfiction (twice).

Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix 1. Ancestors, Real and Imagined 1 2. An Alabama Childhood 36 3. Discoveries and Awakenings 60 4. Going Home 83 5. Sweet Auburn, Stormiest Village of the Plain 123 6. "Sweet Auburn, Loveliest Village of the Plain" 149 7. "Where My Possessions Lie": Writing about Ordinary People 173 8. Democratizing Learning: University Outreach 198 9. "The Lord Is the Maker of Them All": Black, White, and Poor in America 209 10. Reforming American Education 240 11. Principalities and Powers: Battling for a New Constitution and a New Politics 276 12. In the Eye of the Storm: Auburn University, 1989-2000 290 13. "Ever to Conquer, Never to Yield": Inside the Auburn Tigers, 1977-2005 321 14. Valhalla on the Plains 351 15. Ken's Barbeque and Other Third Places 384 Acknowledgments 399

Review

"Wayne Flynt is unconcerned with whitewashing -- in his life, and in his state -- and that gives Keeping the Faith a kind of double-barreled power and beauty. This is a lovely memoir by a boy born between the Great Depression and a great war, to imperfect but never dull people who lived, like most of our people, between love and hate and faith and whiskey. But it is much more. It is the eye-witness account and intellectual examination of a state at war with itself for generations, a story of broken institutions, and failed, doomed ideals. Wayne Flynt chose to make his life here, not carping from the sidelines but working from within. You can hear a heart breaking in this book, as you turn the pages, but this a man of faith, and a story of it."--Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Somebody Told Me"Dr. Flynt is one of our finest writers. Keeping the Faith tells us why."--Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird"A must read for every Alabamian. As an acclaimed historian, Flynt tells the story of a state and a people from a very unique perspective. By writing about his family and own life, we get to know the unvarnished truth of Alabama. Here you'll meet the good, the bad, and the ugly. An insightful, fascinating and terrific book. Highly recommended. -- Ace Atkins, author of Wicked City

Review Quote

"Wayne Flynt is unconcerned with whitewashing -- in his life, and in his state -- and that gives Keeping the Faith a kind of double-barreled power and beauty. This is a lovely memoir by a boy born between the Great Depression and a great war, to imperfect but never dull people who lived, like most of our people, between love and hate and faith and whiskey. But it is much more. It is the eye-witness account and intellectual examination of a state at war with itself for generations, a story of broken institutions, and failed, doomed ideals. Wayne Flynt chose to make his life here, not carping from the sidelines but working from within. You can hear a heart breaking in this book, as you turn the pages, but this a man of faith, and a story of it."-Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Somebody Told Me

Details ISBN0817317546 Author Wayne Flynt Short Title KEEPING THE FAITH Language English ISBN-10 0817317546 ISBN-13 9780817317546 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2011 Imprint The University of Alabama Press Place of Publication Alabama Country of Publication United States Birth 1940 Affiliation Auburn University Residence US Subtitle Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives Series Religion and American Culture AU Release Date 2011-09-02 NZ Release Date 2011-09-02 UK Release Date 2011-09-02 Pages 416 Publisher The University of Alabama Press Publication Date 2011-09-30 DEWEY 976.1063 Illustrations scatter Audience General US Release Date 2011-09-30 We've got this

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