Estimating the value of the social services provided by faith-based organizations in the United States

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 730-742

  Stritt, Steven B ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faith based; Services; Social; Value

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449131651     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764008321802     Document Type: Article

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