1st Edition
Understanding Spirituality and the Sacred in Social Work Practice Spirited Conversations
Part One - Exploring Spirituality
Chapter One – Introduction
Mary Jo McVeigh, Joel Hollier and Jioji Ravulo
Chapter Two – Today’s landscape: Global Spirituality, The Socio-Political, Social Work and Contested Spaces
Joel Hollier
Chapter Three – Hearing the chorus of unending, sunlit, inexpressible songs
Mary Jo McVeigh
Chapter Four – Integrated Self, Integrated Practice – my journey toward self-acceptance and how it enriched my social work practice
Joel Hollier
Chapter Five – A Spirited Reflection from my personal and professional journey across social work
Jioji Ravulo
Part Two - Experiencing Spirituality
Chapter Six – Considerations on Liberation theology and anti-oppressive frameworks as companions in social work
Mary Jo McVeigh and Pat McCarthy
Chapter Seven – “How does my dream-like self truly love and engage this dream-like world?”
Maria Losurdo
Chapter Eight – Forbidden, not forgotten: An exploration of two social worker's relationship with their Celtic spirituality
Mary Jo McVeigh and Kate Fylan
Chapter Nine – Islam and Social Work: A Peaceful Path of Service to Others
Rashid W. Flewellen
Chapter Ten – Storytelling through Ritual: Using a Jewish lens to understand the power of social work practice
Mim Fox and Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio
Chapter Eleven – A Greek Orthodox Perspective on Love (Agape) and Spirituality When Working with Men Who Use Violence
Emmanuel Kassiotis
Chapter Twelve – Protestant Christianity and Social Work: Resonance and Dissonance
Joel Hollier
Chapter Thirteen – Tapu o te tangata: A Māori perspective on spiritually responsive social work
Levi Fox
Chapter Fourteen – The Truth of Who One Is
Kylie Hennessey
Part Three - Engaging Spirituality
Chapter Fifteen – Disability, Spirituality and Social Work
Louise Gosbell and Joel Hollier
Chapter Sixteen – “They call the Spirituality of my Ancestors madness” – Embracing spiritually sensitive practice in child protection while working with children of African heritage and their families in Australia
Hilda Tafadzwa Mugadza, Peninah Kansiime and Shannon Said
Chapter Seventeen – Doubly Misunderstood – LGBTQIA+ experiences of social work and spirituality
Joel Hollier
Chapter Eighteen – Connecting external and internal worlds: Environmental, spiritual, and social
Pam Josephs
Chapter Nineteen – Faithfully Yours - A view of Frontline Social Work within the context of religion, faith, spirituality, and Domestic and Family Violence
Brigid Lang-Norris
Chapter Twenty – Advocacy, contracting, and spirited commitments: On saying “no” to a government contract
Douglas Hynd
Chapter Twenty-one – Spirited Healing: Restoring Wholeness to Survivors of forced displacement
Sacha Bermudez-Goldman
Chapter Twenty-two – Religious loss in the time of public health responses to COVID-19
Beth R. Crisp
Chapter Twenty-three – A.L.I.F.E. that is spiritual: A conversation with and about young people’s spiritual life
Gray, Wuntha Aung, Tiana Shankaran and Mary Jo Mc Veigh
Chapter Twenty-four – Community Development and the social capital in faith groups
Miriam Bevis
Chapter Twenty-five – Courage, Care, and Concluding Thoughts
Joel Hollier, Mary Jo McVeigh, and Jioji Ravulo
Biography
Mary Jo McVeigh is a social work practitioner with over 40 years of international experience.
Joel Hollier is a social worker and academic with a background in theology and pastoral ministry.
Jioji Ravulo is the Professor and Chair of Social Work and Policy Studies at the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at The University of Sydney.
