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Handbook of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work Practice and Research

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Authors:
  1. Sana Loue

    1. School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

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  • Provides examples from clinical practice and community-focused work

  • Utilizes a strengths-based, interfaith perspectives

  • Reviews existing literature from across disciplines

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Relationship and Community

    1. Community Worship and Ritual

      • Sana Loue
      Pages 295-305

    2. Issues of Inclusion and Exclusion

      • Sana Loue
      Pages 307-323

    3. Spirituality, Religion, and Violent Radicalization

      • Sana Loue
      Pages 325-344

  2. Religion and Spirituality in Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 345-345
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    2. Assessing Religion and Spirituality in Research

      • Sana Loue
      Pages 347-359

    3. Research with Religious Communities

      • Sana Loue
      Pages 361-372

    4. Ethical Issues in Conducting Research on Religion and Spirituality

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      Pages 373-388

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 389-397
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About this book

This singular reference explores religion and spirituality as a vital, though often misconstrued, lens for building better understanding of and empathy with clients. A diverse palette of faiths and traditions is compared and contrasted (occasionally with secularism), focusing on areas of belief that may inspire, comfort, or trouble clients, including health and illness, mental illness, healing, coping, forgiveness, family, inclusion, and death. From assessment and intervention planning to conducting research, these chapters guide professionals in supporting and assisting clients without minimizing or overstating their beliefs. In addition, the book’s progression of ideas takes readers beyond the well-known concept of cultural competence to model a larger and more meaningful cultural safety.

Among the topics included in the Handbook:

  • Integrating religion and spirituality into social work practice. 
  • Cultural humility, cultural safety, and beyond: new understandings and implications for social work.
  • Healing traditions, religion/spirituality, and health.
  • Diagnosis: religious/spiritual experience or mental illness?
  • Understandings of dying, death, and mourning. 
  • (Re)building bridges in and with family and community.
  • Ethical issues in conducting research on religion and spirituality.

The Handbook of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work Practice and Research is a richly-textured resource for social workers and mental health professionals engaged in clinical practice and/or research seeking to gain varied perspectives on how the religion and spirituality of their clients/research participants may inform their work.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

    Sana Loue

About the author

Dr. Loue is a Professor in the Department of Bioethics and serves as the Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity in the School of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. She has secondary appointments in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Psychiatry, and Global Health and at MSASS, the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. Dr. Loue holds graduate degrees in law (J.D.), epidemiology (Ph.D.), medical anthropology (Ph.D.), social work (M.S.S.A.), and secondary education (M.A.). She is also ordained as an interfaith minister. Dr. Loue’s primary research focus is on HIV risk and prevention and family violence in marginalized communities, such as non-English speakers, immigrants, sexual and ethnic/racial minorities, and persons with severe mental illness. Other research interests include forensic epidemiology, severe mental illness, and ethical issues in the conduct of research with vulnerable persons. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work Practice and Research

  • Authors: Sana Loue

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7039-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7038-4Published: 21 June 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7842-7Published: 01 March 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-7039-1Published: 19 June 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 397

  • Topics: Social Work, Religion and Psychology, Spirituality

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