Incorporating Spirituality in Feminist Social Work Perspectives

Abstract

This article describes a qualitative study of 20 feminist social workers’ conceptualizations of spirituality and spiritually influenced practices. A grounded-theory analysis of the interviews uncovered major convergences among the participants’ values and practices, which encouraged the development of a set of practice principles. One such practice principle, which encompasses the commonalities between feminist social work and spiritual values and practices and the desire for holistic approaches, is discussed.