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Spirituality and Social Work (Paperback)
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For much of the twentieth century, professional social work sought
to distance itself from its religious origins with the consequence
being that the role of spirituality in the lives of service users
tended to be sidelined. Yet it is clear that many people begin to
explore their spirituality precisely at times when they are trying
to make sense of difficult life circumstances or experiences and
may come into contact with social workers. In recent years, there
has been an increasing understanding that in order to be relevant
to the lives of people they work with, social workers need to go
beyond their material needs, but there is little understanding of
how spirituality can be sensitively incorporated into practice,
especially when either practitioners or service users have no
religious affiliation or there is no shared religious background.
In this pathbreaking volume Beth Crisp offers social workers ideas
of beginning conversations in which spiritual values and beliefs
may surface, allowing service users to respond from their own
framework and to begin to discuss the specific religious or
spiritual practices and beliefs which are important to them. She
considers spirituality in the context of lived experience, a
perspective that she argues breaks down any mystique and suspicion
of explicitly religious language by focusing on language and
experiences with which most people can identify. Such a framework
allows exploration of issues that emerge at different stages in the
lifespan, both by persons who are religious and those who do not
identify with any formal religion. Most literature on spirituality
within social work refers to the elderly, to those who are sick or
have been bereaved, yet, as Crisp points out, spirituality is
important for people of all ages and not just at seemingly
exceptional moments.
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