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SPIRITUAL DIVERSITY |
International Network Directory on
Spiritual Diversity and Social Work
Persons included in this network have graciously agreed to serve as contacts for social work scholars and practitioners who would like to learn about activities related to spiritual diversity and social work around the world. Each person in the network may be able to make referrals to research efforts, curriculum materials, professional organizations, and other scholars and practitioners in their world region and languages. They are aware of the state of the art in their countries regarding incorporation of spirituality into professional social work. Hopefully, this network can encourage mutual support, collaboration, and creative initiatives among social workers internationally.
The list is organized according to major world regions in alphabetical order. Countries and participants names are listed in alphabetical order. If the person hosts a homepage or a spirituality related website, their name serves as a link.
Country:
Languages: English
Person and Title: Raisuyah Bhagwan,
Organizational Address: Department of Child and Youth Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Durban University of Technology
Email Address: bhagwanr@dut.ac.za
Special Interests: Integrating spirituality into South African social work education and practice; Spirituality and Hinduism.
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Country:
South Africa
Languages: English
Person and Title: Therese (Terry)
Sacco, B.A. (social work Honours), M.Ed, Ph.D. Candidate, Lecturer
Organizational Address:
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Email Address: terrys@uj.ac.za
Special Interests:
Spirituality and reconciliation in post-apartheid social work; social work
education; international social work collaborations; anti-discriminatory social
work practice and community development.
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Country:
Languages: Chinese, English
Person and Title: Cecilia Chan, Ph.D., Professor
Organizational Address: Centre on Behavioral Health, School of Social Work, The University of Hong Kong, G/F Pauline Chan Building, 10 Sassoon Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
Email Address: cecichan@hkucc.hku.hk
Special Interests: Spirituality and holistic approaches to health in social work; Integration of Eastern and Western therapies
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Country:
Languages: Japanese, English
Person and Title: Keiko I,
Organizational Address: Department of Social Welfare,
Kyoto Koka Womens University, 38 Kadonocho,
Nisikyogoku, Ukyo-ku,
Email Address: keiko@mail.koka.ac.jp
Special Interests: Spirituality and community action
in
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Country:
Languages: Japanese, English
Person and Title: Kihara Katsunobu, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Organizational Address: Department of Social Welfare, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities,
Tokyo Metropolitan University, 1-1 Minami-Ohsawa,
Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, Japan,
Email Address: kkihara@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Special Interests:
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Country:
Languages: Japanese, English
Person and Title: Yoshiharu Nakagawa, D.Ed., Professor
Organizational Address: Graduate School of Science for Human Sciences, Ritsumeikan
University, 56-1 Tojiin Kita-machi,
Kita-kn, Kyoto, Japan,
Email Address: ynaka@lt.ritsumei.ac.jp
Special Interests: holistic education and human sciences, Eastern philosophy and human services
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Country:
Languages: Japanese, English
Person and Title: Miwa Fujii, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Organizational Address: School of Human Welfare Studies , Center Director, Center for Thanatology
& Spirituality, Kwansei Gakuin University, 1-1-155 Uegahara,
Nishinomiya,662-8501 JAPAN
Email Address: mfujii@kwansei.ac.jp
Special Interests: Thanatology, Spirituality, Social Work, Death Education
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Country:
Languages: Korean, English
Person and Title: Hesook Lee, Ph.D., Lecturer
Organizational Address: Department of Social Work,
Email Address: hesookl@hotmail.com
Special Interests: Buddhist philosophy and social service
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Country:
Languages: Korean, English
Person and Title:
Organizational Address: Social of Social Welfare,
Email Address: shpark@skku.edu
Special Interests: Spirituality and social policy; Eastern philosophy and social work
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Country:
Languages: English
Person and Title: Sue Rice, Ph.D. Candidate
Organizational Address:
Email Address: s.rice@social.uq.edu.au
Special Interests: Spirituality and social work
practice
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Country:
Languages: English
Person and Title: Mary Nash, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer
Organizational Address:
Email Address: m.nash@massey.ac.nz
Special Interests: spirituality and cultural
diversity in social work; counseling and communication skills; oral history of
social work education in
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Country:
Languages: Spanish, English
Person and Title: Gerardo Casas,
Organizational Address: School of Social Work, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica
Email Address: g.casas@cariari.ucr.ac.cr (Spanish) or c/o Ligia Salazar (for English or Spanish) taichicr@hotmail.com
Special Interests: Spirituality in family therapy; emerging concept of spirituality in Central American social work
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Country:
Languages: German, English
Person and Title: Michael Striebel, Ph.D., Professor (retired)
Organizational Address: n/a
Email Address: michael.striebel@cable.vol.at
Special Interests: Spirituality and peace movements; nonviolent conflict resolution; trauma therapy
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Country:
Languages: German, English
Person and Title: Joachim Wieler, Ph.D., Professor (retired)
Organizational Address: n/a
Email Address: j.wieler@t-online.de
Special Interests: Conceptualizing spirituality for German social work; international social work; wilderness practice
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Country:
Languages: Danish, English, German
Person and Title: Christian
Organizational Address:
Email Address: cwd@dsj-aa.dk
Special Interests: Science, spirituality and social work. Theorists: Ken Wilber and A. H. Almaas.
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Country:
Languages: English
Person and Title: Bernard R Moss, Professor of Social Work Education and Spirituality and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK
Organizational Address: Social Work Education and
Spirituality,
Email Address: b.r.moss@staffs.ac.uk Website: www.bernardmoss.org.uk
Special Interests: Social work and spirituality; death dying and bereavement; communication skills
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Country:
Languages: Arabic, English
Person and Title: Alean Al-Krenawi, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Organizational Address: Chairman, Spitzer Department of Social Work, ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
Email Address: alean@bgumai.bgu.ac.il
Special Interests: Spirituality and multicultural social work practice; mental health and traditional healing among Arab and Muslim peoples
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Country:
Languages: Hebrew, English
Person and Title: Liora Birnbaum, Ph.D., Assistant Chair, Dep. of Social Work.
Organizational Address:
Email Address: lbirnbaum@hush.com,
lbir@013net.net
Special Interests: Mindfulness meditation and the development of the
self concept, Spirituality and the development of professional self among
social work students, Differentiation of the self in the family
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Country:
Languages: English
Person and Title: John Coates, Ph.D., Professor
Organizational Address:
Email Address: jcoates@stu.ca
Special Interests: spirituality and ecophilosophy in social work
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Country:
Languages: English, French
Person and Title: John Graham, Ph.D., Professor
Organizational Address:
Email Address: jrgraham@ucalgary.ca
Special Interests: Cross-cultural perspectives on spirituality and social work; history of social welfare and spirituality
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Country:
Languages: English
Person and Title: Edward R. Canda, Ph.D., Professor
Organizational Address:
Email Address: edc@ku.edu
Special Interests: Spirituality and cultural diversity in social work; East Asian philosophy and social work; international networking; transpersonal theory
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Country:
Languages: English
Person and Title: Leola Dyrud Furman, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus
Organizational Address: n/a
Email Address: FurmanLFurman@aol.com
Special Interests: Spirituality and social work practice
and education; international research on spirituality in social work (esp.
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Country:
Languages: Korean, English
Person and Title: Daniel B. Lee, DSW, Professor
Organizational Address:
Email Address: dlee@wpo.it.luc.edu
Special Interests: Spirituality in family therapy and social work; transcultural relations
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Country:
Languages: Croatian, English
Person and Title: Dada Maglajlic, Ph.D., Professor
Organizational Address: Department of Social Work,
Email Address: dadm@paulbunyan.net
Special Interests: Spirituality and international networking; promotion of peaceable communities; Croatian social welfare
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Country:
Languages: English
Person and Title:Anne
Nichols, DSW,
Associate Professor, Director of the Society for Spirituality and Social Work