communal living; communalism". .
And yet, as the lilting Shaker song "Pretty Little Dove" points to, there is sustenance in a communal body, "a branch of union and love".
This is just one of the unanswered questions married same-sex couples will need to grapple with as more states legalize their unions and their communal assets grow.
In a study published last year, researchers found that the use of "individualistic" words like "independent," "unique" and "personal" increased in American books between 1960 and 2008, while "communal" words like "team," "collective" and "union" did not.
Peaceful areas, Mr Varshney finds, have strong civic institutions trade unions, professional associations that cross the communal divide.
Vanishing bowling leagues, Mr Putnam says, are a metaphor for disappearing togetherness, as measured by a decline in all sorts of communal behaviour, from going on picnics, to belonging to trade unions, to joining political parties, to voting in elections.
In the 2005 questionnaire, participants were asked how often they participated in a range of social activities, from a list of: (1) sports and other clubs, (2) union and political activities, (3) volunteering or charitable activities, (4) communal religious activities and (5) following a course or a training programme.
The Yeshiva University family laments the passing of our distinguished alumnus, Moses Feuerstein, Yeshiva College '32, a revered national Jewish communal leader who, before his 40th birthday, served as president of the Orthodox Union and Torah Umesorah.
Nowadays, the bi-communal efforts on the Island, encouraged by the international society, provide the opportunity to union and heal the traces of the traumatic division.
Communal activity Rhondda had a strong tradition of communal activity, exemplified by workmen's halls, miners' institutes and trade unions.
