The immigrant church as an urban service hub

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2057-2074

  Ley, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHURCH ROLE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT; NEOLIBERALISM; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ASIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 49249089852     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008094873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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