Sacred and secular in Australian social services

Church-related not-for-profit organizations deliver approximately half of social services in Australia through contracting arrangements with governments. The religious dimensions have attracted remarkably little attention, but along with religious schooling and hospitals, social services are at the...

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Main Author: Oslington, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2015
In: Pacifica
Year: 2015, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-93
Further subjects:B Secular
B Social Services
B Ecclesiology
B Contracting
B Mission and Identity
B Religion in Australia
B Job Network
B Faith-based Welfare
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