Toward explaining congregational giving

Social Science Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 620-641

  Finke, Roger ^a   Bahr, Matt ^b   Scheitle, Christopher P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Churches; Giving; Organizations; Philanthropy; Religion; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747368009     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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