Social services, faith-based organizations, and the poor

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1014-1026

  Littlefield, Marci B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

congregations; economic activities of congregations; race and social service delivery; social service activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649250175     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009337627     Document Type: Article

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