Millhands and Preachers: A Study of Gastonia (Yale Studies in Religious Education) - Softcover

Pope, Liston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300001827 ISBN 13: 9780300001822

Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 2009

Synopsis

"Pope's overriding concern is with the role of the church in social affairs . . . he contributes insights into many related issues, including the distinction between church and sect, the relation between social class and religion, the impact of economic development and technological change on the community . . . and the causes and consequences of mob behavior."-from the new Introduction "This reprinting in paperback form of Pope's classic study in the sociology of religion is a true joy."-Concordia Theological Monthly

About this title

Product Description:

[ Millhands and Preachers: A Study of Gastonia Studies in Religious Education: No. 15 By ( Author ) Sep-1965 Paperback

From the Back Cover:

Liston Pope describes the historical background and surrounding events of a strike which occurred in a single cotton mill in the small city of Gastonia, North Carolina, in 1929. No strike has received more penetrating analysis, and seldom has one particular episode been made to illumine so many others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven & London
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0300001827
• ISBN 13: 9780300001822
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 426