Elusive Togetherness : : Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions /

Elusive Togetherness : : Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions / / Paul Lichterman.

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Many scholars and citizens alike have counted on civic groups to create broad ties that bind society. Some hope that faith-based civic groups will spread their reach as government retreats. Yet few studies ask how, if at all, civic groups reach out to their wider community. Can religious groups--lon...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Lichterman, Paul,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2012]
©2005
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology ; 52
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.) :; 4 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • TABLES AND FIGURES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter One. IN SEARCH OF THE SOCIAL SPIRAL
  • Chapter Two. STUDYING THE SOCIAL SPIRAL
  • Chapter Three. NETWORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS REACHING OUT
  • Chapter Four. CRYING OUT: SOCIAL CRITICS
  • Chapter Five. CHRIST-LIKE CARE: SOCIAL SERVANTS
  • Chapter Six. A SOCIAL SPIRAL WINDS OUTWARD: PARTNERS
  • Chapter Seven. DOING THINGS WITH RELIGION IN LOCAL CIVIC LIFE
  • Chapter Eight. DOING THINGS TOGETHER: LESSONS FROM RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUPS
  • Appendix I. THEORY AND EVIDENCE IN A STUDY OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY SERVICE GROUPS
  • Appendix II. STUDYING CUSTOMS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter

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