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020			_a9781400842957 (electronic bk.)
020			_a1400842956 (electronic bk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)769344470
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050		4	_aHN65.L455
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100	1		_aLichterman, Paul.
245	1	0	_aElusive Togetherness _h[electronic resource] : _bChurch Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions.
260			_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c2011.
300			_a1 online resource (348 p.)
500			_aDescription based upon print version of record.
505	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; Appendices
505	8		_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;
520			_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.
650		4	_aReligion and social problems - United States.
650		4	_aSocial action - United States.
650		4	_aVoluntarism - United States.
650		0	_aReligion and social problems _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSocial action _zUnited States.
650		0	_aVoluntarism _zUnited States.
650		0	_aAssociations, institutions, etc. _zUnited States.
650		0	_aSmall groups _xReligious aspects.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion _2bisacsh
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aLichterman, Paul _tElusive Togetherness : Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions _dPrinceton : Princeton University Press,c2011 _z9780691096513
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