Teaching Spirituality in the Classroom: Building Compassionate and Non-judgmental Conversations with Students

Joan Letendre, Holly Nelson-Becker, Jim Kreider

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Abstract

This narrative describes the experiences of three social work professors whose lifelong interest in the spiritual realm guided their presentation of material in the classroom that engaged conversation about spiritual and religious beliefs. Specific skills for students to understand and work with their own spiritually and that of clients are reviewed.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalSocial Work: School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Other Works
Volume11
Issue number3
StatePublished - Jul 1 2005

Keywords

  • spirituality
  • teaching
  • students

Disciplines

  • Social Work

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