A Comparison Between Religious and Nonreligious Social Workers' Approaches to Practice

Publication Date: January 1994

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Martin B. Millison

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Psychology; Social Services; Religion

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The study reported in this article compared the use of religious and spiritual approaches to care by religious and nonreligious Jewish social workers. It found that all the professionals who used spiritual or religious material shared one characteristic—they all acknowledged their own religious and/or spiritual self and the impact it had upon the clients served. Agencies that were supportive of religious issues also encouraged their exploration in practice.