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A journalist coined ‘the Bible Belt’ 100 years ago – it’s been oversimplifying the South ever since

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By John Hayes
| Religion News Service Verified
(The Conversation) — “Look No Further!” a billboard on the side of the highway beckons, drawing my gaze toward the red cover of a Bible. “You Are Worthy of Redemption!” Not far away, another sign urges me to “Keep Christ in Christmas.” Then farther down the road a third appears: “Jesus: COMING SOON” its bright colors announce. Signs like these are familiar to me: I’m a historian who studies the U.S. South and lives in it.
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A journalist coined ‘the Bible Belt’ 100 years ago – it’s been oversimplifying the South ever since

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By John Hayes
| The Nassau Guardian Verified
(THE CONVERSATION) “Look No Further!” a billboard on the side of the highway beckons, drawing my gaze toward the red cover of a Bible. “You Are Worthy of Redemption!” Not far away, another sign urges me to “Keep Christ in Christmas.” Then farther down the road a third appears: “Jesus: COMING SOON” its bright colors announce. Signs like these are familiar to me: I’m a historian who studies the U.S. South and lives in it.
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A journalist coined ‘the Bible Belt’ 100 years ago – it’s been oversimplifying the South ever since

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By John Hayes
| Tolerance Canada
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