Moving toward spiritual competency: Deconstructing religious stereotypes and spiritual prejudices in social work literature

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 211-231

  Hodge, David R ^a   Baughman, Lisa M ^b   Cummings, Julie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Abba Family Services

^c Cornerstones ^*

Author keywords

Bias; Evangelical Christians; Muslims; Religion; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845664798     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v32n04_12     Document Type: Article

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