The Anointing Power of God: Religious Healing in Two Southwest Virginia Churches

Creator: Bradbury, Deanna

: Vaught, Melissa

: Noe, Eddie

: Anglin, Benny

: Jonas, David D.

For this project, Deanna Bradbury decided to explore healing ceremonies performed at a United Methodist Church. A New Covenant Fellowship Church, and a New Covenant Church. During these interviews Ms. Bradbury hears stories of successful healing, learns about the biblical background for the ceremonies, and observes the differences between the three church ceremonies as well. This is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.