ABSTRACT Over the last few decades the potential place of religious and spiritual traditions in social work has emerged as a serious interest, evidenced in part by a growing body of research literature. This interest has given rise to areas of overlap and of disagreement and is furthermore cast against a backdrop of social work practitioners’ lived experiences with religious and spiritual clients. In this paper we consider the value of a pragmatic approach, borrowed from philosophy and psychology, for religion and spirituality in social work. Accordingly, we consider the value of a focus away from some of the interminable debates which constitute the philosophical dimension of the problem, and which might not be helpful in clinical, community or academic settings, and consider the benefits of a focus on the practical implications of the literature, which is likely to be beneficial for social work generally.

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对社会工作中宗教和灵性的务实方法的理论和临床意义的简要评论

摘要 在过去的几十年里，宗教和精神传统在社会工作中的潜在地位已经成为一个重要的兴趣点，越来越多的研究文献部分证明了这一点。这种兴趣引起了重叠和分歧的领域，并且进一步以社会工作从业者与宗教和精神客户的生活经历为背景。在本文中，我们考虑了从哲学和心理学中借用的实用方法对社会工作中的宗教和灵性的价值。因此，我们考虑远离一些构成问题的哲学层面的无休止的争论的价值，这些争论可能对临床、社区或学术环境没有帮助，并考虑关注实际意义的好处文学作品中，