Full Description
Spirituality, whether or not rooted in religion, is a core feature of what it means to be human. This important practice manual explains why spirituality and religion should be a fundamental consideration for professions that are centred around helping people tackle their problems and fulfil their potential.
The authors draw on their considerable expertise to challenge thinking, promote reflection and improve practice through a framework that takes complex concepts and makes them manageable and accessible. By fusing together theory, practice and values, a theorizing practice approach is promoted to encourage reflection and understanding, with exercises at the end of each chapter to stimulate the reader to think about how values inform practice.
This insightful guide equips a wide range of practitioners and managers with an understanding of spirituality and religion within day-to-day practice to support others and nurture best results.
Contents
Part I. Spirituality 1. Identity 2. Meaning 3. Purpose 4. Awe and wonder 5. Connectedness 6. Transcendence 7. Wisdom 8. Integrity 9. Nurturance 10. Direction 11. Openness to experience and learning 12. Wellbeing 13. Security 14. Spirituality today and tomorrow Part II. Religion 15. Making sense of religion 16. The major religions and their critics 17. Religious diversity 18. The benefits of religion 19. The problems of religion 20. Religion and morality 21. Religion and politics 22. Religion today and tomorrow Part III. Making a difference 23. Relating theory to practice 24. Perspectives 25. The loss of meaning and the meaning of loss 26. Forgiveness 27. Social justice 28. Strengths and resilience 29. Embracing diversity 30. Challenging discrimination 31. Religion, spirituality and mental health 32. Values-based practice 33. Obstacles to spiritual fulfilment 34. Epilogue
