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The Bible Belt is an informal term for an area of the United States of America in which socially conservative Christian Evangelical Protestantism is a dominant part of the culture. The term "Bible Belt" was reputedly coined by the American journalist and social commentator H.L. Mencken in the early 1920s. "20th Century Words" (1999) John Ayto, Oxford University Press, page 127 |
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