Spirituality and Social Work

by Margaret Holloway, Bernard Moss

Overview

Written by two leading authors in the field, Social Work and Spirituality provides a critical engagement with the concept of spirituality and a much needed framework for the integration of spiritual care in mainstream practice. It is fundamental reading for all students of social work theory, ethics and practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781350312890
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	05/07/2010
Series:	Reshaping Social Work
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	406 KB

About the Author

MARGARET HOLLOWAY is Professor of Social Work and Director of the Centre for Spirituality Studies at the Department of Social Sciences, University of Hull, UK.She is credited with the first empirical work in the UK on social work in dying and bereavement and social work and spirituality. She is founder of the Interdisciplinary Spirituality Group at the University of Hull.

BERNARD MOSS is Professor of Social Work Education and Spirituality, and Director of theCentrefor Spirituality and Health at Staffordshire University, UK. He isa Senior Fellow and National Teaching Fellow of the Higher EducationAcademy, UK. His teaching interests include death, dying and bereavement; mediation studies, and spirituality, religious belief and social care.
Margaret Holloway is Director of Centre for Spirituality Studies at the University of Hull, UK, and Social Care Lead on the National End of Life Care Programme.
BERNARD MOSS is Professor of Social Work Education and Spirituality, and Director of the Centre for Spirituality and Health at Staffordshire University, UK.

Table of Contents

Historical and Contemporary Contexts
Meaning, Mystery and Social Work
Spiritual Need
Spirituality and the Quality of life
Spiritual Care
Spiritual Care in the multidisciplinary team
Spirituality and Community
Global and Multicultural Perspectives.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Spirituality in social work is a topic that has been neglected for far too long. This well-crafted and well-informed book plays a vitally important role in putting these important issues firmly on the agenda. It is a contribution to the literature that I very much welcome.' – Dr Neil Thompson, Writer, Teacher and Adviser (www.neilthompson.info)

'This book, by two leading writers in the field in the UK, is clearly the product of their combined, mature reflections. They have produced a book that will serve to anchor the topic of spirituality in the mainstream of social work education and practice. I wholeheartedly recommend it ... ' – Dr Russell Whiting, Lecturer in Social Work and Care, University of Sussex, UK

'Holloway and Moss bring us back to the soul of social work in this timely and beautifully written book.' – Community Care

'Spirituality and Social Work marks out its territory as a life-affirming text that champions the need for spirituality to be integral to authentic social work.' – British Journal of Social Work