ISBN:
0195098811
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (ix, 287 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Tsang, Jo-Ann [Rezension von: Wuthnow, Robert, Learning to Care] 1996
Parallel Title:
Print version Learning to Care : Elementary Kindness in an Age of Indifference
DDC:
302.140973
Keywords:
Voluntarism
;
Helping behavior
;
Moral development
;
Teenage volunteers in social service
;
Caring
;
Caring
;
Helping behavior
;
Moral development ; United States
;
Teenage volunteers in social service ; United States
;
Voluntarism ; United States
;
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Abstract:
The author, a noted sociologist of religion, attempts to ascertain what determines the qualities of kindness and caring in modern society. He examines a cross-section of American youth to discover how the habit of caring is developed, and how parents and organizations instill morals in the young
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; 1. Pearl's Kitchen; 2. Kindness as a Social Problem; 3. First Steps: From Family Ties to Specialized Caring; 4. Reasons to Care: The Multiple Voices of Modern Society; 5. Serving God? Kindness and Transcendence; 6. Contexts: Schools, Community Agencies, and Churches; 7. The Drama of Helping: Stories and Role Models; 8. Engendering Compassion: Men, Women, and Social Change; 9. Building Character: Vulnerability and Virtue; 10. Careers of Service: The Preservation of Caring; 11. Thinking About the Future; Appendix A. Methodology; Appendix B. Interview Guide; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E
Description / Table of Contents:
FG; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-283) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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