Congregations and social services: What they do, how they do it, and with whom

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 660-683

  Chaves, Mark ^a   Tsitsos, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0035540070     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764001304003     Document Type: Article

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