The band's name is a nod to Catholic writer Flannery O'Connor and her blunt, surreal fiction. In a letter, she once said that while some have called her "a hillbilly nihilist," she would prefer "hillbilly Thomist" – referring to her love of the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Religion with a beat …
…. Hillbilly Thomists: Dominicans tracing their roots into Appalachian music and faith. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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