Reframing Spirituality, Reconceptualizing Change: Possibilities for Critical Social Work

This article examines the possibilities and potential of spirituality in critical social work, both in relevant literature and in the views of participants in a research inquiry undertaken over the past two years. My purpose is twofold: first, to explore how critical conceptualizations of spiritual...

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Main Author: Michèle Butot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2019-03-01
Series:Critical Social Work
Online Access:https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/5666
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spelling doaj-a51026333da04fc5b371eb9e7e3dbef02020-11-25T02:58:11ZengUniversity of WindsorCritical Social Work1543-93722019-03-016210.22329/csw.v6i2.5666Reframing Spirituality, Reconceptualizing Change: Possibilities for Critical Social WorkMichèle Butot0Victoria Hospice and BC Cancer Agency, Victoria, British Columbia Canada This article examines the possibilities and potential of spirituality in critical social work, both in relevant literature and in the views of participants in a research inquiry undertaken over the past two years. My purpose is twofold: first, to explore how critical conceptualizations of spirituality might alter the ways in which social workers frame social and individual change; and second, to suggest that it is imperative for critical social work to address spiritual issues. https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/csw/article/view/5666
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description This article examines the possibilities and potential of spirituality in critical social work, both in relevant literature and in the views of participants in a research inquiry undertaken over the past two years. My purpose is twofold: first, to explore how critical conceptualizations of spirituality might alter the ways in which social workers frame social and individual change; and second, to suggest that it is imperative for critical social work to address spiritual issues.
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