AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY: UNEARTHING BELIEFS AND PRACTICES FOR THE HELPING PROFESSIONS

IF 0.4 Q4 SOCIAL WORK Social Work-Maatskaplike Werk Pub Date : 2020-10-07 DOI:10.15270/56-4-882
Charlene Singh, R. Bhagwan
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Empirical work related to African spirituality in the social sciences, particularly within the social work context, is sparse. It is crucial that practitioners have a deeper understanding of the beliefs and practices that can support therapeutic goals in practice. Using qualitative research methodology, 20 child and youth care students at a selected university in South Africa, who are proponents of African spirituality, were interviewed with regards to their  beliefs and practices. The major objective was to gain a richer insight into African spirituality and those African healing methodologies considered most relevant to child and youth care practice.  Prayer to the ancestral spirits, sacrificial rituals and music were considered to be some of the most important practices identified that could guide both child and youth care practice and social work.
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非洲精神:挖掘帮助职业的信仰和实践
在社会科学中,特别是在社会工作背景下,与非洲灵性有关的实证工作很少。至关重要的是,从业者对能够在实践中支持治疗目标的信念和实践有更深入的理解。使用定性研究方法,在南非选定的一所大学对20名儿童和青年护理学生进行了采访,他们是非洲精神的支持者,他们的信仰和实践。主要目标是更深入地了解非洲精神和那些被认为与儿童和青年护理实践最相关的非洲治疗方法。向祖先的灵魂祈祷,祭祀仪式和音乐被认为是一些最重要的做法,可以指导儿童和青年的护理实践和社会工作。
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0.70
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16.70%
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20
审稿时长
6 weeks
期刊介绍: This South African academic peer-reviewed journal publishes articles, book reviews and commentary from all field of social work. Manuscripts covering amongst others the following, are considered for publication: social work, welfare organizations, society, social welfare, family and child care, community work, substance abuse, substance dependence, welfare law, etc.
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