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

Come join us for a time of light refreshments and spirited conversations as we launch this book out into the world! This book is brings together a remarkable array of voices and we are looking forward to being together. Please RSVP for catering purposes:

Date: 29th May

Time: 5:30 to 7:00pm

Location: Courtyard Cafe: The University of Sydney

Light refreshments will be served

About the book:

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.

For more information, see here.

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

Date: 29th May

Time: 5:30 to 7:00pm

Location: Courtyard Cafe: The University of Sydney

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