L'Arche: The successes of community, the challenges of empowerment in a faith-centered setting

Journal of Religion, Disability and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 5-28

  McDonald, Katherine E ^a   Keys, Christopher B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empowerment; Faith based community living; Intellectual disabilities; L'Arche; Sense of community

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746506057     PISSN: 15228967     EISSN: 15229122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J095v09n04_02     Document Type: Article

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