Re-Imagining Life Together in America: A New Gospel of Community

by Nerney Catherine, Catherine Nerney, Hal Taussig

Book Overview

America is known for, and prides itself on, its individualism. But bubbling beneath the surface of rugged independence is a hunger for community, for connectedness, for solidarity.

While much of the literature on the importance of community--ranging from Bellah's Habits of the Heart to Wuthnow's Loose Connections to Putnam's Bowling Alone--affirms the central role of churches in helping bring people together, none of them...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580511147
• ISBN13: 9781580511148
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"