Read Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)

Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)

Paul Lichterman

4.9/5 (25080 ratings)

Description: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 bridges with other community groups, social service agencies, and low-income people, just as the 1996 welfare reforms were taking effect. Counter to long-standing arguments, Lichterman discovered that powerful customs of interaction inside the groups often stunted external ties and even shaped religion’s impact on the groups. Comparing groups, he found that successful bridges outward depend on group customs which invite reflective, critical discussion about a group’s place amid surrounding groups and institutions.Combining insights from Alexis de Tocqueville, John Dewey, and Jane Addams with contemporary sociology, Elusive Togetherness addresses enduring questions about civic and religious life that elude the popular “social capital” concept. To create broad civic relationships, groups need more than the right religious values, political beliefs, or resources. They must learn new ways of being groups.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology). To get started finding Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0691096503

Description: 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 bridges with other community groups, social service agencies, and low-income people, just as the 1996 welfare reforms were taking effect. Counter to long-standing arguments, Lichterman discovered that powerful customs of interaction inside the groups often stunted external ties and even shaped religion’s impact on the groups. Comparing groups, he found that successful bridges outward depend on group customs which invite reflective, critical discussion about a group’s place amid surrounding groups and institutions.Combining insights from Alexis de Tocqueville, John Dewey, and Jane Addams with contemporary sociology, Elusive Togetherness addresses enduring questions about civic and religious life that elude the popular “social capital” concept. To create broad civic relationships, groups need more than the right religious values, political beliefs, or resources. They must learn new ways of being groups.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology). To get started finding Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)

Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)

More Books

The Search for Political Community: American Activists Reinventing Commitment (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)

The Search for Political Community: American Activists Reinventing Commitment (Cambridge Cultural Social Studies)

Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology) by Paul Lichterman (2015-04-14)

Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America's Divisions (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology) by Paul Lichterman (2015-04-14)

How Civic Action Works: Fighting for Housing in Los Angeles (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)

How Civic Action Works: Fighting for Housing in Los Angeles (Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology)

The Civic Life of American Religion

The Civic Life of American Religion

Autonomy and Order: A Communitarian Anthology

Autonomy and Order: A Communitarian Anthology

The New Pragmatist Sociology: Inquiry, Agency, and Democracy

The New Pragmatist Sociology: Inquiry, Agency, and Democracy