Spirituality in Social Work Practice

by Bullis,Ronald K.

• ISBN13: 9781560324065
• ISBN10: 1560324066
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-05-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Franci

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Making Connections Between Spirituality and Social Work Practice	1	(10)
Resurgence of Spirituality in the United States	1	(1)
Distinguishing Between Religion and Spirituality: More Than a Dime's Worth of Difference	2	(1)
An Ecology of Consciousness	3	(2)
Spirituality in Social Work History	5	(2)
Rationales for the Use of Clinical Spirituality	7	(4)
The Role of Spirituality in Social Work Practice	11	(26)
Spirituality in Social Work Assessments	11	(6)
Spirituality in Social Work Interventions	17	(3)
Spirituality in Social Policy and Healing: A Historical Perspective	20	(5)
Ancient Spirituality and Social Work Practice	25	(2)
Themes in Spirituality in Health and Wholeness	27	(3)
Spiritual Themes in Social and Cultural Contexts	30	(1)
Summary and Conclusion	31	(3)
Discussion Scenarios and Questions	34	(3)
Integrating Spirituality Into Clinical Social Work Practice	37	(32)
Constructing a Spiritual Cosmology	38	(2)
Constructing a Spiritual Anthropology	40	(7)
Assessments	47	(5)
Interventions	52	(13)
Conclusion	65	(1)
Individual or Class Exercises	66	(1)
Discussion Scenarios and Questions	66	(3)
Spirituality and Public Policy Issues	69	(30)
Religious Origins of Western Charity: Competing Values and Ideologies	69	(6)
Early Welfare Ethic and the English Poor Laws	75	(2)
Religious Ideology in United States Welfare Policy	77	(3)
Spiritual Jurisprudence	80	(8)
Spiritual Jurisprudence and Social Work Practice	88	(7)
Conclusion	95	(1)
Discussion Scenarios and Questions	96	(3)
Ethics, Mysticism, Cults, and Contraindications for Use	99	(26)
Ethics and Spiritual Social Work Practice	100	(3)
Mysticism and Social Work Practice	103	(6)
Cults, Cultic Behavior, and Social Work Practice	109	(13)
Conclusion	122	(1)
Discussion Scenarios and Questions	122	(3)
Cross-Cultural Spiritual Social Work Practice	125	(20)
American Spiritual Democratization	125	(2)
Shamanism and Spirituality	127	(6)
Shamanism and Social Work Practice	133	(5)
Tantra, Ecstatic Sexuality, and Spirituality	138	(1)
Tantra, Ecstatic Sexuality, and Social Work Practice	139	(3)
Conclusion	142	(1)
Discussion Scenarios and Questions	142	(3)
Science as Spiritual Symbolism	145	(20)
The Demise of Empiricism and the Rise of Symbolic Reality	146	(2)
Toward a New Paradigm: Cosmology and Consciousness	148	(2)
Ancient Norse Mythology, Cosmology, and Social Work Methodology	150	(3)
Shamanic Norse Mythology, Consciousness, and Contemporary Social Work Practice	153	(2)
Cooperation Between Social Workers and Spiritual Leaders	155	(1)
Spirituality Education and Training in Religious Organizations	156	(7)
Conclusion	163	(1)
Discussion Scenarios and Questions	164	(1)
References	165	(6)
Appendix A: Available Resources	171	(6)
Appendix B: A Spiritual History	177	(2)
Appendix C: Text of Guided Meditation or Deep Prayer	179	(4)
Appendix D: Biblical Resources	183	(2)
Appendix E: Religious Organizations and Counseling Organizations with Spiritual Components	185	(2)
Index	187