Valuing the contribution of urban religious congregations

Public Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 641-662

  Cnaan, Ram A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congregations; Nonprofit; Religion; Social welfare; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949511182     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14719030902798305     Document Type: Article

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