Christ Quote by Flannery O'Connor

“Whenever I'm asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to…

— Flannery O'Connor

As long as the Southern colleges have revivals on their campuses and students get converted to Methodism and join the YMCA and are accepted…

— H. L. Mencken

Southern culture has fostered a type of imagination that has been influenced by Christianity of a not too unorthodox kind and by a strong…

— Flannery O'Connor

Instead of a 'Western Christianity,' we now witness a post-Christian West (in Europe) and a post-Western Christianity (in the global South). America is somewhere…

— Harvey Cox

The South is just a dark place, man.

— Greg Iles

The South is the last place with a sense of place.

— Lewis Grizzard

The South is full of memories and ghosts of the past. For me, it is the most inspiring place to write, from William Faulkner's…

— Alexandra Adornetto

The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances…

— Boris Kodjoe

There is a great difference between Christianity and religion at the south. If a man goes to the communion table, and pays money into…

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

“when the kingdom of God is manifested, it’s obvious. It looks like Jesus. But America as a nation has clearly never looked remotely like…

— Gregory A. Boyd

“There's also way too much religion in the South to be consistent with good mental health. Still, I love traveling down there, especially when…

— George Carlin