Elusive Togetherness : Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions.
Lichterman, Paul.
Elusive Togetherness : Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (348 pages)
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of 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; Chpater Seven: Doing Things with Religion in Local Civic Life; Chapter Eight: Doing Things Together: Lessons from Religious Community Service Groups; Appendices. APPENDIX I: Theory and Evidence in a Study of Religious Community Service GroupsAPPENDIX II: Studying Customs; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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--long central in civic America--create broad, empowering social ties in an unequal, diverse society? Over three years, Paul Lichterman studied nine liberal and conservative Protestant-based volunteering and advocacy projects in a mid-sized American city. He listened as these groups tried to create bridg.
9781400842957 1400842956 128338003X 9781283380034
22573/cttwg58 JSTOR
Religion and social problems--United States.
Social action--United States.
Voluntarism--United States.
Associations, institutions, etc.--United States.
Small groups--Religious aspects.
Religion et problèmes sociaux--États-Unis.
Action sociale--États-Unis.
Associations--États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.
Associations, institutions, etc.
Religion and social problems
Small groups--Religious aspects
Social action
Voluntarism
United States
HN65.L455
306.6
Elusive Togetherness : Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (348 pages)
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of 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; Chpater Seven: Doing Things with Religion in Local Civic Life; Chapter Eight: Doing Things Together: Lessons from Religious Community Service Groups; Appendices. APPENDIX I: Theory and Evidence in a Study of Religious Community Service GroupsAPPENDIX II: Studying Customs; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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--long central in civic America--create broad, empowering social ties in an unequal, diverse society? Over three years, Paul Lichterman studied nine liberal and conservative Protestant-based volunteering and advocacy projects in a mid-sized American city. He listened as these groups tried to create bridg.
9781400842957 1400842956 128338003X 9781283380034
22573/cttwg58 JSTOR
Religion and social problems--United States.
Social action--United States.
Voluntarism--United States.
Associations, institutions, etc.--United States.
Small groups--Religious aspects.
Religion et problèmes sociaux--États-Unis.
Action sociale--États-Unis.
Associations--États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.
Associations, institutions, etc.
Religion and social problems
Small groups--Religious aspects
Social action
Voluntarism
United States
HN65.L455
306.6