03242cam a2200505Mu 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.0m        d        cr |n|111226s2011    nju     o     000 0 eng d  aEBLCPcEBLCPdN$T  a9781400842957 (electronic bk.)  a1400842956 (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)769344470  a430159b(N$T) 4aHN65.L455 7aSOCx0390002bisacsh04a306.6  aN$TA1 aLichterman, Paul.10aElusive Togethernessh[electronic resource] :bChurch Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions.  aPrinceton :bPrinceton University Press,c2011.  a1 online resource (348 p.)  aDescription based upon print version of record.0 aCover; 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; Appendices8 aAPPENDIX 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;  aMany 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. 4aReligion and social problems - United States. 4aSocial action - United States. 4aVoluntarism - United States. 0aReligion and social problemszUnited States. 0aSocial actionzUnited States. 0aVoluntarismzUnited States. 0aAssociations, institutions, etc.zUnited States. 0aSmall groupsxReligious aspects. 7aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aLichterman, PaultElusive Togetherness : Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's DivisionsdPrinceton : Princeton University Press,c2011z978069109651340uhttp://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=831893403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=430159  aEBL - Ebook LibrarybEBLBnEBL831893  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c50931d50931