The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Spirituality and Social Work

Herausgegeben:Crisp, Beth R.

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Produktbeschreibung

This 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 authors including major names, significant contributors and emerging scholars in the field, as well as leading contributors in other fields of social work who have an interest in religion and spirituality.

The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Spirituality and Social Work is an authoritative and comprehensive reference for academics and researchers as well as for organisations and practitioners committed to exploring why, and how, religion and spirituality should be integral to social work practice.

Produktdetails

• Routledge International Handbooks
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9780367352196
• ISBN-10: 0367352192
• Artikelnr.: 57004857

Autorenporträt

Beth R. Crisp is a professor in the School of Health and Social Development at Deakin University, Australia, where she is the discipline leader for social work. She has extensive experience in the international social work arena, having previously been Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Glasgow, and more recently was the Australian lead of a consortium of eight Australian and European universities that explored curriculum development in social work at an international level. In addition to her PhD from La Trobe University, she has undergraduate degrees in social work (La Trobe University), political science (University of Melbourne) and theology (Melbourne College of Divinity). Beth has contributed around 100 major articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as having written numerous research reports, book chapters and a number of books including Social Work and Faith-based Organizations (2014) and Spirituality and Social Work (2010).

Inhaltsangabe

PART 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

Rezensionen

'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