Social work and spirituality: Reflecting on the last 20 years

As an experienced social worker, but a new academic in the late 1990s, I was surprised how uncomfortable students felt naming how their Christian background influenced their interest in social work. Spirituality/religion was minimally expressed in the curriculum and there was little literature or re...

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Main Author: Gardner, Fiona (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2020]
In: Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 72-83
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Social work / Spirituality / History 2000-2020
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
CB Christian life; spirituality
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B social work practice and education
B Religion
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