Social workers' personal spiritual characteristics and their conceptualizations of spirituality and religion: A mixed method study

Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-70

  Hodge, David R ^a   Boddie, Stephanie C ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Faith; Orthodoxy; Religion; Spiritual motivation; Spirituality; Tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147125989     PISSN: 15426432     EISSN: 15426440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J377v26n01_04     Document Type: Article

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