![]() | Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America''s Divisions Subjects: Religion and social problems -- United States; Social action -- United States; Voluntarism -- United States; Associations institutions etc. -- United States; Small groups -- Religious aspects; 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? Paul Lichterman has been Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is now Associate Professor of Sociology and Religion at the University of Southern California. He is the author of The Search for Political Community: American Activists Reinventing Commitment . |
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