Acts of Compassion
Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2515058 |
|---|---|
| Authors | H Wesley Perkins |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 83 |
| Publication date | 1993-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | Acts of Compassion: Caring for Others and Helping Ourselves, Robert Wuthnow, 2012 |
| Venue | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1386916 |
| OpenAlex | W3013993358 |
| Language | EN |
Compassion · Empathy · Political science · Sociology · Law · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Theological Perspectives and Practices
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Work, welfare, and the values of voluntarism
Law and compassion
Being Catholic as Reflexive Spirituality
NGOs and Health Services for Irregular Immigrants in Italy
The expression of compassion in social work practice
Putting the Civil Society Sector on the Economic Map of the World
Caring Capital Websites
Pentecostal healing as an expression of godly love
Understanding suffering and giving compassion
Abhorrence, Compassion and the Social Response to Suffering
Exploring volunteering of committed young Catholics
Religious socialization and benevolence
When grieving adults support grieving children
Place integration through efforts to support healthy aging in resource frontier communities
Religion, Inclusive Individualism, and Volunteering in Europe
The Limits of Networks in Social Movement Retention
A Special, Set-Apart Place No Longer
Fostering Civic Engagement by Building a Virtual City
Making the Sacred Safe
Speaking of Meaning in Modernity
Overcoming Status Distinctions? Religious Involvement, Social Class, Race, and Ethnicity in Friendship Patterns
Inside a Swiss Army Knife
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Reciprocity and volunteering
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A Developmental Perspective on Community Service in Adolescence
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Disciplinary Conflict in the Study of Religion
Regulating Volunteering
Doing Good, Being Good, and the Social Construction of Compassion
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Helping the Helpless Help Themselves
Wide Awake Housekeepers on Duty
From class society to the individualized society? A critical reassessment of individualization and class
Catalyzing a Commitment to Community Service in Emerging Adults
Beyond the Seesaw Model
Serial Reciprocity
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Habitat for Humanity
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Religion and civic engagement among America's youth
Volunteerism
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Global perspectives on volunteerism
Public knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about homeless people
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Go and Do Likewise
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Gifts of Money and Gifts of Time
Explaining Differences in Philanthropic Behavior between Christians, Muslims, and Hindus in the Netherlands
Image of God and Community Volunteering among Religious Adherents in the United States
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Rethinking the Connections between Religion and Civic Life for Immigrants
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Parental Divorce and Interpersonal Trust in Adult Offspring
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Individualism and Good Works
Humane Orientation as a New Cultural Dimension of the GLOBE Project
Blood Rhetorics
Parental religiosity, family processes, and youth competence in rural, two-parent African American families
Religion and Public Goods Provision
Maternal Resources, Parenting Practices, and Child Competence in Rural, Single-Parent African American Families
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Altruism and social solidarity
Community as Gift-Giving
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Embedded Altruism
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