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