Finding congregations: Developing conceptual clarity in the study of faith-based social services

Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 19-37

  McGrew, Charlene ^a   Cnaan, Ram A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Faith based interventions; Faith based social services; Faithbased organizations; Program effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846073630     PISSN: 15426432     EISSN: 15426440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J377v25n03_03     Document Type: Article

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