Abstract
This paper will analyze the popularization of garden and farming projects in the American South and their affiliation with Protestantism. It defines agrarianism as a lifestyle which emphasizes mindfulness, sustainability, health, value, and human interaction as they pertain to agriculture. Agrarianism and Protestantism exhibit a symbiotic relationship which affects the future of both traditions. This relationship is expressed through religious understandings about the theology of food and the generation of community as they appear within farming and gardening. This paper utilizes testimonials and comments from farmers, ministers, and congregants participating in agrarian-minded Protestantism within the southern United States. By compiling oral interviews, this study will also provide an ethnographic analysis of the practical application and identity of Protestant agrarianism. This paper asserts that the recent emergence of religiously affiliated farming and gardening projects constitutes an agrarian revival that informs the future of agriculture and American Protestantism.
How to Cite
Viscount, K., (2012) “Produce and Provision: Agrarian Revivalism among Protestants in the South”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 25(2).
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