Escaping the Dilemma: Reconciliation and a Communications Model of Conflict

Empirical studies of religious congregations often find them aloof from issues of social conflict. Yet religious congregations usually conceive of themselves as central to social reform. Aside from the obvious assumption that they indirectly effect social reform through inculcating personal morality...

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Main Author: Kelly, James R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publications 1978
In: Review of religious research
Year: 1978, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 167-177
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