Elusive Togetherness : Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions.

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Author / Creator:	Lichterman, Paul.
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (348 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Religion and social problems -- United States. Social action -- United States. Voluntarism -- United States. Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States. Small groups -- Religious aspects. Associations, institutions, etc. Religion and social problems. Small groups -- Religious aspects. Social action. Voluntarism. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11122439

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ISBN:	9781400842957 1400842956 128338003X 9781283380034
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Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Lichterman, Paul. Elusive Togetherness : Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691096513

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