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Selected Works

2003

Fraternal Studies, Symbology, Ritology, Freemasonry

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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences

Brotherly Love In Philadelphia: Reports Of Its Demise Are Exaggerated, Paul J. Rich Apr 2003

Brotherly Love In Philadelphia: Reports Of Its Demise Are Exaggerated, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

While concentrating on Philadelphia, the paper by inference supports the idea that the study of associationalism, social capital and fraternalism can profitably be done on a city by city basis, and that the view that society affiliations have succumbed to television-induced aloneness may be overstated.


Masons And Greeks: A Brief Lodge Address, Paul J. Rich Dec 2002

Masons And Greeks: A Brief Lodge Address, Paul J. Rich

Paul J. Rich

In any large city there are dozens of lodges, and they often are looking for a speaker. i think my popularity has been based more on my brevity than my eloquence, but in any event this tlak on Greeks and Masons always elicits a discussion because there will be individuals in the audience who joined a fraternity in college and subsequently became Freemasons, so they can appreciate the comparison.