Learning to care : elementary kindness in an age of indifference / Robert Wuthnow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wuthnow, Robert, 1946- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voluntarism--United States.

Voluntarism.

Teenage volunteers in social service--United States.

Teenage volunteers in social service.

Moral development--United States.

Moral development.

Caring.

Helping behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-283) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773991-1

1-280-52823-0

0-19-802590-4

1-4294-0620-8

OCLC:

476008546