| Acts of Compassion: Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves Revised Edition Contributor(s): Wuthnow, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0691024936 ISBN-13: 9780691024936 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $59.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1993 Annotation: "Vigorously argued, beautifully written, drawing intelligently on evidence from surveys and from some extraordinary interviews, "Acts of Compassion" sheds a great deal of light on a central area of American life, namely volunteerism and charity. . . . A book for the serious scholar and the concerned layperson alike."--Robert N. Bellah, coauthor of "Habits of the Heart" and "The Good Society" |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 302 |
| Lexile Measure: 1190 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.08" W x 9.2" (1.11 lbs) 364 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Robert Wuthnow finds that those who are most involved in acts of compassion are no less individualistic than anyone else--and that those who are the most intensely individualistic are no less involved in caring for others. |