Faith-Based Social Services: Saving the Body or the Soul? A Research Note

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 201-210

  Sager, Rebecca ^a  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faith based; Homeless; Organizational goals; Social services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HOMELESSNESS; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; SPIRITUAL HEALING;

FAITH HEALING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMELESS PERSONS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 79952233308     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2010.01560.x     Document Type: Article

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