03242cam a2200505Mu 4500 ocn769344470 OCoLC 20200709055454.0 m d cr |n| 111226s2011 nju o 000 0 eng d EBLCP EBLCP N$T 9781400842957 (electronic bk.) 1400842956 (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)769344470 430159 (N$T) HN65.L455 SOC 039000 bisacsh 306.6 N$TA Lichterman, Paul. Elusive Togetherness [electronic resource] : Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011. 1 online resource (348 p.) Description based upon print version of record. 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. Religion and social problems - United States. Social action - United States. Voluntarism - United States. Religion and social problems United States. Social action United States. Voluntarism United States. Associations, institutions, etc. United States. Small groups Religious aspects. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Lichterman, Paul Elusive Togetherness : Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions Princeton : Princeton University Press,c2011 9780691096513 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=831893 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=430159 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL831893 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50931 50931