Questions raised in exploring spiritual growth and camp experiences

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 179-195

  Henderson, Karla A ^a   Oakleaf, Linda ^a   Bialeschki, M Deborah ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Camp Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Camps; Intentional programming; Religion; Youth development

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949338030     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2009.9651435     Document Type: Article

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