Elusive togetherness church groups trying to bridge America's divisions / [electronic resource] :
Paul Lichterman.
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2005.
- xi, 331 p.
- Princeton studies in cultural sociology .
- Princeton studies in cultural sociology. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-323) and index.
In search of the social spiral -- Studying the social spiral -- Networkers and volunteers reaching out -- Crying out : social critics -- Christ-like care : social servants -- A social spiral winds outward : partners -- Doing things with religion in local civic life -- Doing things together : lessons from religious community service groups -- Theory and evidence in a study of religious community service groups.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Religion and social problems--United States. Social action--United States. Voluntarism--United States. Associations, institutions, etc.--United States. Small groups--Religious aspects.