Challenges to Organizational Spirituality as a Consequence of State Funding

Faith-based organizations are major providers of welfare services in Australia. Many of these services receive much, if not all, of their funding from the state, which brings expectations that services will be provided to all members of the community irrespective of their religious beliefs, rather t...

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Main Author: Crisp, Beth ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2015]
In: Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Year: 2015, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-59
Further subjects:B Funding
B faith-based organizations
B Organizational spirituality
B Australia
B welfare provision
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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