Shuttered factories, scattered faithful : a third generation study of Gastonia and the confluence of faith, poverty, race, class, textile manufacturing, and union organizing in the new South

Laura Alexander-Elliott

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Shuttered factories, scattered faithful : a third generation study of Gastonia and the confluence of faith, poverty, race, class, textile manufacturing, and union organizing in the new South

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Laura Alexander-Elliott. Shuttered Factories, Scattered Faithful : a Third Generation Study of Gastonia and the Confluence of Faith, Poverty, Race, Class, Textile Manufacturing, and Union Organizing In the New South. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/692a332f-75ce-41f5-a4c7-8c6931cd2972.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

L. Alexander-elliott. Shuttered factories, scattered faithful : a third generation study of Gastonia and the confluence of faith, poverty, race, class, textile manufacturing, and union organizing in the new South. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/692a332f-75ce-41f5-a4c7-8c6931cd2972

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Laura Alexander-Elliott. Shuttered Factories, Scattered Faithful : a Third Generation Study of Gastonia and the Confluence of Faith, Poverty, Race, Class, Textile Manufacturing, and Union Organizing In the New South. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/692a332f-75ce-41f5-a4c7-8c6931cd2972.

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Laura Alexander-Elliott

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Church and community

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Abstract

Following on from Millhands & Preachers (Yale Divinity) and Spindles & Spires (Union Seminary), two religious academic works that studied Gastonia, N.C., in previous sequential generations, the author examines the relationship between the faith community and disappearing textile industry through the lens of her hometown, which once boasted the largest concentration of Southern cotton mills--businesses that built and sustained churches. She incorporates issues of economics, labor, class, and race, and--utilizing dozens of local interviews and surveys--documents the missions role congregations and faith-based nonprofits play today when both manufacturing and the mainline church have been in decline. [Note about entry: Abstract submitted to the Atla RIM database on behalf of the author. The text appears in its entirety as it does in the original abstract page of the author’s project paper. Neither words nor content have been edited.]

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