Understanding Spirituality and the Sacred in Social Work Practice: Spirited Conversations

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Mary Jo McVeigh Joel Hollier

Understanding Spirituality and the Sacred in Social Work Practice

Spirited Conversations

Mary Jo McVeigh, Joel Hollier, Jioji Ravulo

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Routledge
31 March 2025

Spirituality & religious experience; Social work

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.

Edited by: Mary Jo McVeigh, Joel Hollier, Jioji Ravulo
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 690g
ISBN: 9781032510378
ISBN 10: 1032510374
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 31 March 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.