SPIRITUALITY AND SOCIAL WORK.

In discussing social work and spirituality this paper will: list social work's core values, language, and personal qualities that connect to spirituality; give a brief historical perspective that has led to social work's struggle with the concepts of ‘religion’ and ‘spirituality’; explain the present position of social work toward religion and spirituality and examine some of the controversies; present some current definitions of ‘religion’ and ‘spirituality’; define different types of spirituality; and end with the concept of ‘relational spirituality’ and its connection to social work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]