Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions
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1. Verfasser: Lichterman, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton Princeton University Press 2011
Schriftenreihe:Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
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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 br
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ISBN:9781400842957
DOI:10.1515/9781400842957

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