Critical Spirituality | Free Book
A Holistic Approach to Contemporary Practice
Critical spirituality is a way of naming a desire to work with what is
meaningful in the context of enabling a socially just, diverse and
inclusive society. Critical spirituality means seeing people
holistically, seeking to understand where they are coming from and
what matters to them at a fundamental level; the level that is part of
the everyday but also transcends it. What is important in critical
spirituality is to combine a postmodern valuing of individual
experience of spirituality with all its diversity with a critical
perspective that asserts the importance of living harmoniously and
respectfully at an individual, family and community level. Human
service professionals currently wrestle with the gradually increasing
expectation to work with spirituality often without feeling capable of
undertaking such practice. Some work with people experiencing major
trauma or change such as palliative care or rehabilitation where
people ask meaning of life questions to which they feel ill equipped
to respond. Others work with individuals, families and communities
experiencing conflict about spiritual issues. Increased migration and
movement of refugees increases contact with people for whom
spirituality is central. Such experiences raise a number of issues for
existing professionals as well as students: what do we mean by
spiritual? How does this relate to religion? How do we work with the
spiritual in ways that recognise and value difference, without
accepting abusive relationships? What are the limits to spiritual
tolerance, if any? This book explores these issues and addresses the
dilemmas and challenges experienced by professionals. It also provides
a number of practical tools such as possible questions to ask to
assess for spiritual issues; to see spirituality as part of a web of
relationships.
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Fiona Gardner is Head of Social Work and Social Policy, Fiona Gardner, La Trobe University, Australia
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