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Learning to care : elementary kindness in an age of indifference /
Wuthnow, a noted sociologist of religion, here improves our understanding of kindness in American life, and how people became kind and caring. He examines a cross-section of young volunteers to see how habits are cultivated before adulthood, and paints a compelling picture of the role of families, m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1995.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Wuthnow, a noted sociologist of religion, here improves our understanding of kindness in American life, and how people became kind and caring. He examines a cross-section of young volunteers to see how habits are cultivated before adulthood, and paints a compelling picture of the role of families, mentors, and institutions in the moral life of teenagers. In doing so he sheds light on the true nature of voluntarism and moral education. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 287 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-283) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195098815 0195098811 1429406208 9781429406208 1280528230 9781280528231 0198025904 9780198025900 |