Elusive togetherness : church groups trying to bridge America's divisions /
Lichterman, Paul.
Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,
c2005.
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-323) and index.
Religion and social problems
Social action
Voluntarism
Associations, institutions, etc.
Small groups