Social work with religious volunteers: Activating and sustaining community involvement

Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-265

  Garland, Diana R ^a   Myers, Dennis M ^a   Wolfer, Terry A ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community service; Congregations; Faith based organizations; Voluntarism; Volunteers

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649169706     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/53.3.255     Document Type: Article

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