Sharing the Journey: Support Groups and America's New Quest for Community

Overview

Millions of Americans, an estimated 40 percent of our population, are flocking to support groups of all kinds-from AA to abuse prevention to pray fellowships. Why, and with what consequences? In a landmark study of one thousand small groups around the country, Robert Wuthnow of Princeton University, a leading interpreter of American religion and culture, examines the growth of the support group movement and its meaning in our national life. Wuthnow shows that this movement is effecting a quiet revolution-one that is dramatically changing our relationship to the self, to the community, and to the sacred.

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Bio of Robert Wuthnow

Robert Wuthnow is Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. His recent books include America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity and Saving America? Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society (both Princeton).

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Imprint

Free Press

Filesize

6.35 MB

Number of Pages

480

eBook ISBN

1439105928