Overview

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.

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9781773381183

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An important and timely text that fills the gap in Canadian social work literature around spirituality and social justice. A must read for social work students, researchers, and educators.""""- Dr. Sulaimon Giwa, School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland

"An important and timely text that fills the gap in Canadian social work literature around spirituality and social justice. A must read for social work students, researchers, and educators.""""- Dr. Sulaimon Giwa, School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland"

An important and timely text that fills the gap in Canadian social work literature around spirituality and social justice. A must read for social work students, researchers, and educators. - Dr. Sulaimon Giwa, School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Author Information

Norma Jean Profitt is a social activist who holds her Ph.D. in Philosophy from Wilfrid Laurier University. Cyndy Baskin is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Ryerson University.

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