Understanding Spirituality and the Sacred in Social Work Practice

ISBN 10: 1032510374 / ISBN 13: 9781032510378

Editore: Routledge, 2025

In. Codice articolo ria9781032510378_new

Riassunto:

Social work is constantly epistemically evolving and embracing diverse bodies of knowledge to inform its ontology and practice frameworks.

Over the years, the impact of feminist, post-colonial, and queer theory, for example, has broadened the social work lens and invited a welcome departure from dominant Westernised, patriarchal, and positivist paradigms. However, the separation of the spiritual realm from casework, clinical, community, and group work traditions of social work remained steadfast. The last decade or so has seen forages into the issues of social work and spirituality. This examination into spirituality and social work has shown that for many service users, spiritual practices (be they religious or non-religious) are important in their lives and their way out of difficulties. Concurrently, relationships between socio-political movements and global religions have grown increasingly complex. To create a truly holistic approach to the needs of service users it is important that social work policy and practice give voice to these complexities and understand the place of spirituality within service delivery. This book critically reflects upon and discusses the intersecting role of spirituality in the lives of people who access social work services.

By gathering contributions from people with lived experience, practitioners, and academics, this book will explore a comprehensive range of issues, opening the area of spirituality to current critical, socio-political, and cultural thought. It will be of interest to all social work scholars, students, and practitioners.

Informazioni sull'autore:

Mary Jo McVeigh is a social work practitioner with over 40 years of international experience.

Joel Hollier is a social worker and academic with a background in theology and pastoral ministry.

Jioji Ravulo is the Professor and Chair of Social Work and Policy Studies at the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney.

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Titolo: Understanding Spirituality and the Sacred in...
Casa editrice: Routledge
Data di pubblicazione: 2025
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: New