Learning to Care : Elementary Kindness in an Age of Indifference.

Learning to Care : Elementary Kindness in an Age of Indifference.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wuthnow, Robert
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
Subjects:
Voluntarism > United States.
Teenage volunteers in social service > United States.
Moral development > United States.
Caring.
Helping behavior.
Caring
Helping behavior
Moral development
Teenage volunteers in social service
Voluntarism
United States
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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.
  • FG; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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