Teaching about organized religion in social work: Lessons and challenges

Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 93-110

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Charity organization society; Faith; Religion; Social service delivery; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147117446     PISSN: 15426432     EISSN: 15426440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J377v24n01_09     Document Type: Article

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