A look at Ennis, a town in southwest Montana, with John Wilsey. Dr. Wilsey teaches church history at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and is a research fellow at the Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, an initiative of First Liberty Institute.
0:00 Introduction to Ennis
4:20 Nostalgia
9:38 Poverty
17:20 Ways of Life
21:50 Going Back
28:42 Passing Places to Our Children
One in an occasional series on place, hosted by Christopher Anadale.
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