Setting the context: Assessing the effectiveness of faith-based social services

Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 5-18

  Cnaan, Ram A ^a   Boddie, Stephanie C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable choice; Evaluation; Faith based initiatives; Faith based service; Program effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846084394     PISSN: 15426432     EISSN: 15426440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J377v25n03_02     Document Type: Article

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