Main description:

This textbook is uniquely dedicated to connecting faith and social justice in various social work contexts. Contributors offer a diverse range of research and experience that place spirituality at the heart of social workers' pursuit of equality and fairness. Five sections contextualize belief in areas of environmentalism, ethics, politics, resistance, and social work education. Throughout the book, students gain access to pertinent topics, such as decolonization, artistic practice, mindfulness, feminism, political activism, and eco-justice, through a wide range of national and international cultural practices, including Islam, Quechua, Wicca, and Indigenous spiritualties. Students in social work, sociology, community nursing, counselling, and education who study the relationship between spirituality, social justice, and social work will benefit from this text.

Contents:

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Setting the Context: The Political Dimensions of Spirituality
Part One: Indigenous Spirituality as Resistance and Decolonization
Chapter 1: Reconnecting to Creation: A Spirit of Decolonizing
Chapter 2: Vision and Belief within Indigenous and Jewish Spirituality
Chapter 3: Quechua Women's Resistance and Activism: Linkages with Spirituality and Andean Traditions
Part Two: Ethical and Political Dimensions of Spirituality
Chapter 4: Coming Alive: Spirit as an Interstitial Presence
Chapter 5: Islam and Social Justice
Chapter 6: The Witches' Way to Ethics: Social Justice and Social Work
Chapter 7: Ethical and Economic Dimensions of Climate and Environmental Protection, Economic Equality, and Social Justice
Chapter 8: Christianity as a Political Force: From Theory to Action
Chapter 9: The Spiritual Is Political: Owning Our Interconnectedness in the Pursuit of Social Healing
Part Three: Spirituality, Social Justice, and Education
Chapter 10: Weaving Together Mind, Body, and Spirit in the Pursuit of Social Justice: An Example of Mindfulness and Critical Social Work Education
Chapter 11: Spirituality and Social Justice through Art: Creating Inspiration, Unity, and Action
Conclusion: Closing Circle, Not Closing the Circle
Contributor Biographies