TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lichterman,Paul
TI  - Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions
SN  - 9781400842957
AV  - HN65.L455 
U1  - 306.6 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Religion and social problems
KW  - United States
KW  - Social action
KW  - Voluntarism
KW  - Associations, institutions, etc
KW  - Small groups
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Religion et problèmes sociaux
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Action sociale
KW  - Associations
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Sociology of Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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