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Spirituality and Social Justice
Spirit in the Political Quest for a Just World
Edited by Norma Jean Profitt, Cyndy Baskin
November 2019
Print ISBN: 9781773381183
Overview
Filling the gap in literature on spirituality and social work, 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 spiritualities. 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.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Setting the Context: The Political Dimensions of Spirituality
Norma Jean Profitt
Part One: Indigenous Spirituality as Resistance and Decolonization
Chapter 1: Reconnecting to Creation: A Spirit of Decolonizing
Kathy Absolon
Chapter 2: Vision and Belief within Indigenous and Jewish Spirituality
Banakonda Kennedy-Kish (Bell) and Ben Carniol
Chapter 3: Quechua Women’s Resistance and Activism: Linkages with Spirituality and Andean Traditions
Eliana Barrios Suarez
Part Two: Ethical and Political Dimensions of Spirituality
Chapter 4: Coming Alive: Spirit as an Interstitial Presence
Norma Jean Profitt
Chapter 5: Islam and Social Justice
Amal Qutub, Nazir Khan, and Mahdi Qasqas
Chapter 6: The Witches’ Way to Ethics: Social Justice and Social Work
Aven L. Armstrong-Sutton and Leslie Armstrong
Chapter 7: Ethical and Economic Dimensions of Climate and Environmental Protection, Economic Equality, and Social Justice
Mishka Lysack
Chapter 8: Christianity as a Political Force: From Theory to Action
Martha Wiebe
Chapter 9: The Spiritual Is Political: Owning Our Interconnectedness in the Pursuit of Social Healing
Nancy Ross and Jean Morrison
Part Three: Spirituality, Social Justice, and Education
Chapter 10: Weaving Together Mind, Body, and Spirit in the Pursuit of Social Justice: An Example of Mindfulness and Critical Social Work Education
Tracey Lavoie and Ellen Katz
Chapter 11: Spirituality and Social Justice through Art: Creating Inspiration, Unity, and Action
Cyndy Baskin, Shima Razavi, and Cassey Andrews
Conclusion: Closing Circle, Not Closing the Circle
Cyndy Baskin
Contributor Biographies
