Acts of Compassion:
Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves
Robert Wuthnow

Paper | 1993 | $42.00 / £28.95
364 pp. | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

e-Book | 2001 | $42.00 | ISBN: 978-1-4008-2057-3

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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.

Review:

"Wuthnow's writing is renowned within sociological discourse for being lucid, jargon-free, and insightful--all characteristics of this newest work. . . . [Wuthnow] has made a provocative and stimulating case."--James A. Mathisen, Christianity Today

Endorsement:

"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"

Other Princeton books by Robert Wuthnow:

• After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion.
• America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity.
• American Mythos: Why Our Best Efforts to Be a Better Nation Fall Short.
• Poor Richard's Principle: Recovering the American Dream through the Moral Dimension of Work, Business, and Money.
• The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith since World War II.
• Saving America? Faith-Based Services and the Future of Civil Society.

Subject Areas:

• Psychology
• Religion
• Sociology

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