God's fund managers: A critical study of stock market investment practices of the Church of England and UK Methodists

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 408-441

  Kreander, Niklas ^a   McPhail, Ken ^a   Molyneaux, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Christian theology; Ethical investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986082899     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570410545803     Document Type: Article

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