an article by Gary Bouma published in Social Inclusion Volume 4 Number 2 (2016)
Abstract
As societies have become religiously diverse in ways and extents not familiar in the recent histories of most, the issues of how to include this diversity and how to manage it, that is, questions about how to be a religiously diverse society have come to the fore.
As a result religion has become part of the social policy conversation in new ways.
It has also occasioned new thinking about religions, their forms and the complexity of ways they are negotiated by adherents and the ways they are related to society, the state and each other.
This issue of Social Inclusion explores these issues of social inclusion in both particular settings and in cross-national comparative studies by presenting research and critical thought on this critical issue facing every society today.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Monday, 2 February 2015
When Religion Enters the Counseling Group: Multiculturalism, Group Processes, and Social Justice
an article by Marilyn A. Cornish, Nathaniel G. Wade, Jeritt R. Tucker and Brian C. Post (Iowa State University, Ames, USA) published in The Counseling Psychologist Volume 42 Number 5 (July 2014)
Abstract
Religion is a diversity factor that comprises a significant component of identity for many clients. However, little attention has been paid to religion in the context of group counselling, especially process-oriented, non-themed groups with heterogeneous membership.
Using multicultural, process-oriented, and social justice theories of groups, we demonstrate the myriad ways religion is relevant to and influential in group counseling work. Together, these theories provide a solid justification for the need to ethically and effectively attend to religion in group work.
Furthermore, they provide a strong foundation for developing counseling expertise in this area by highlighting typical conflicts, group dynamics, and needs that arise when religion is addressed in groups.
Based on our review, we provide practical and ethical implications to assist group leaders in addressing religion in their group counselling work.
Abstract
Religion is a diversity factor that comprises a significant component of identity for many clients. However, little attention has been paid to religion in the context of group counselling, especially process-oriented, non-themed groups with heterogeneous membership.
Using multicultural, process-oriented, and social justice theories of groups, we demonstrate the myriad ways religion is relevant to and influential in group counseling work. Together, these theories provide a solid justification for the need to ethically and effectively attend to religion in group work.
Furthermore, they provide a strong foundation for developing counseling expertise in this area by highlighting typical conflicts, group dynamics, and needs that arise when religion is addressed in groups.
Based on our review, we provide practical and ethical implications to assist group leaders in addressing religion in their group counselling work.
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