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Book SynopsisThis international volume provides a comprehensive account of contemporary research, new perspectives and cutting-edge issues surrounding religion and spirituality in social work. The introduction introduces key themes and conceptual issues such as understandings of religion and spirituality as well as definitions of social work, which can vary between countries. The main body of the book is divided up into sections on regional perspectives; religious and spiritual traditions; faith-based service provision; religion and spirituality across the lifespan; and social work practice. The final chapter identifies key challenges and opportunities for developing both social work scholarship and practice in this area.
Including a wide range of international perspectives from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Malta, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, the UK and the USA, this Handbook succeeds in extending the dominant paradigms and comprises a mix of au
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'There is increasing interest in social work about how the profession understands issues of religion and spirituality. This very well structured book, written by international experts in the field, comprehensively identifies the knowledge base and points towards new directions in this growing area of practice. It is an essential source for academics, practitioners and students.' - Jim Campbell, University College Dublin, Ireland
'There is increasing interest in social work about how the profession understands issues of religion and spirituality. This very well structured book, written by international experts in the field, comprehensively identifies the knowledge base and points towards new directions in this growing area of practice. It is an essential source for academics, practitioners and students.' – Jim Campbell, University College Dublin, Ireland
Table of ContentsPART I
Introduction
1 Religion and spirituality in social work: creating an international dialogue
Beth R. Crisp
PART II
Regional perspectives
2 Australia: it’s complicated
Beth R. Crisp
3 Korean social welfare’s approach to spiritual diversity
Edward R. Canda, Jungrim Moon and Kyung Mee Kim
4 The absent presence of religion and spirituality in mental health social work in Northern Ireland
Patricia Carlisle
5 Spirituality and religion in Maltese social work practice: a taboo?
Claudia Psaila
PART III
Religious and spiritual traditions
6 The constructed ‘Indian’ and Indigenous sovereignty: social work practice with Indigenous peoples
Arielle Dylan and Bartholemew Smallboy
7 The sacred in traditional African spirituality: creating synergies with social work practice
Raisuyah Bhagwan
8 Studying social work: dilemmas and difficulties of Ultra-Orthodox women
Nehami Baum
9 Western Buddhism and social work
Caroline Humphrey
10 Achieving dynamic balancing: application of Daoist principles into social work practice
Celia Hoi Yan Chan, Xiao-Wen Ji and Cecilia Lai Wan Chan
11 Celtic spirituality: exploring the fascination across time and place
Laura Béres
12 Material spirituality: challenging Gnostic tendencies in contemporary understandings of religion and spirituality in social work
Russell Whiting
13 Social work with Muslim communities: treading a critical path over the crescent moon
Sara Ashencaen Crabtree
14 Religious and spiritual perspectives of social work among the Palestinians
Alean Al-Krenawi
PART IV
Faith-based service provision
15 Partners in service and justice: Catholic social welfare and the social work profession
Linda Plitt Donaldson
16 Residential childcare in faith-based institutions
Mark Smith
17 The background and roles of The Salvation Army in providing social and faith-based services
Michael Wolf-Branigin and Katie Hirtz Bingaman
18 South Asian gurus, their movements and social service
Samta P. Pandya
19 Reclaiming compassion: Auschwitz, Holocaust remembrance and social work
John G. Fox
20 At a crossroads: the Church of Sweden and its role as a welfare provider in a changing Swedish welfare state
Eva Jeppsson Grassman
PART V
Religion and spirituality across the lifespan
21 Spirituality: the missing component in trauma therapy across the lifespan
Heather Marie Boynton and Jo-Ann Vis
22 Spirituality as a protective factor for children and adolescents
Linda Benavides
23 Responding to child abuse in religious contexts
Philip Gilligan
24 Queer meaning
Mark Henrickson
25 From entanglement to equanimity: an application of a holistic healing approach into social work practice with infertile couples
Yao Hong and Celia Hoi Yan Chan
26 Life’s end journey: social workers in palliative care
Martha Wiebe
27 Social work and suffering in end-of-life care: an arts-based approach
Irene Renzenbrink
PART VI
Social work practice
28 Religious literacy in public and professional settings
Adam Dinham
29 Spirituality and sexuality: exploring tensions in everyday relationship-based practice
Janet Melville-Wiseman
30 Mindfulness for professional resilience
James Lucas
31 Spiritual competence: the key to effective practice with people from diverse religious backgrounds
David R. Hodge
32 A spiritual approach to social work practice
Ann M. Carrington
33 Critical spirituality and social work practice
Fiona Gardner
34 Spiritually informed social work within conflict-induced displacement
Malabika Das
35 Holistic arts-based social work
Diana Coholic
36 Ethical principles for transitioning to a renewable energy economy in an era of climate change
Mishka Lysack
37 The spiritual dimensions of ecosocial work in the context of global climate change
Fred H. Besthorn and Jon Hudson
38 Ultimate concerns and human rights: how can practice sensitive to spirituality and religion expand and sharpen social work capacity to challenge social injustice?
Fran Gale and Michael Dudley
39 Addressing spiritual bypassing: issues and guidelines for spiritually sensitive practice
Michael J. Sheridan
PART VII
Conclusion
40 Developing the agenda for religion and spirituality in social work
Beth R. Crisp
Index
