Social Work, Spirituality, and Diasporic Communities
The Case of the Sathya Sai Baba Movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15434335 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dave Sangha (University of Northern British Columbia, corresponding author), Ajaya Kumar Sahoo (0000-0003-3543-8021, University of Hyderabad) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 75-88 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1542-6432 • E-ISSN: 1542-6440 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1300/j377v24n04_06 |
| OpenAlex | W2938458286 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 10 |
The discourse surrounding the role of spirituality in social work practice has been expanding exponentially in recent years. Similarly, the discourse surrounding the role of spirituality among diasporic communities has expanded in recent times as well. In this paper, we will consider the linkages between social work, spirituality, and diaspora. We will focus our discussion on a particular diasporic spiritual community, the Sathya Sai Baba movement and its social service activities. We will then consider the implications of such spiritual movements for the social work profession. Among the key issues explored in this paper are the change in the social construction of populations that have moved between two countries as 'immigrant communities' to 'diasporic communities' and the implications of these changes for social work. Another critical issue we discuss is how working with spiritual movements may help address the 'spiritual deficit' concern that some social work academics have referred to, and indirectly at least, we begin to address 'the social work crisis' issue that has negatively affected the social work profession over the last few years
Diaspora · Environmental ethics · Immigration · Political science · Public relations · Social change · Sociology · Spirituality · Work (physics · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
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| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |