Faith-based human services initiatives: Considerations for social work practice and theory

Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-206

  Tangenberg, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystems approach; Faith based services; Religion; Spirituality; Structuration theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944509705     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/50.3.197     Document Type: Article

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