Religious Discrimination in Social Work Academic Programs

Whither Social Justice

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5767367
AutoresBruce A Thyer (0000-0003-3864-9115, Florida State University), Laura L Myers (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University)
Ano2009
Volume28
Fascículo1-2
Páginas144-160
Data de publicação2009-02-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1542-6432 • E-ISSN: 1542-6440
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15426430802644172
OpenAlexW2069068254
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas9

Recent reports in the media have suggested that social work students are being discriminated against within BSW and MSW programs due to their religious beliefs. We review the substance of these public allegations and provide some further examples of religious discrimination occurring within the classroom, in faculty evaluations of students, and in being unfairly dismissed from social work programs. These individual stories, combined with contemporary empirical research on the topic, lend credence to the charge that religious discrimination within academic social work remains an ongoing problem. This reflects a failure on the part of the profession to promote social justice. Religious bigotry deserves the same attention by social workers as do instances of discrimination on the basis of race, gender, and sexual orientation. Some specific steps to remedy religious discrimination within social work academic programs are presented

Credence · Religious discrimination · Social discrimination · Social justice · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice