Religious Community and American Individualism (From Habits of the Heart

Religious Community and American Individualism (from Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life) ROBERT N. BELLAH, RICHARD MADSEN, WILLIAM M. SULLIVAN, ANN SWIDLER, and STEVEN M. TIPTON
-In comparing two churches-one liberal and the other conservative-the authors see:

A) a similarity of focus on the personal and psychological needs of the individuals in their respective congregations
B) an emphasis on serving youth versus attention focused almost entirely on the elderly
C) the way the wealthy church accepts a wider range of personal lifestyles, compared to a narrower range of acceptable lifestyle choices in the working-class church
D) a similarity in encouraging good works in the community and globally to address poverty, war, injustice, and crime