Christianity and Social Work: Readings on the Integration of Christian Faith and Social Work Practice – Sixth Edition (2020)
The 6th Edition of Christianity and Social Work (ISBN: 978-0-9897581-6-1) , edited by T. Laine Scales and Michael Kelly, and is written for social workers whose motivations to enter the profession as well as their approaches to helping have been inspired and informed by their Christian faith.
The 19 chapters plus over 400 pages of CSW6 (ISBN: 9780989758161) address social welfare history, human behavior and the social environment, social policy, and social work practice from a faith perspective at micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Four decision cases and an accompanying online instructor's manual provide rich teaching tools for the use of this material in a variety of social work and related classes. The 6th edition of Christianity and Social Work (CSW6) costs only $64.95 - or only $51.96 for NACSW members or for orders of 12 or more copies (plus shipping). CSW6 is also available in a pdf version at a 10% discount.
Especially useful in the classroom or social work trainings, CSW6 supports several major curriculum areas outlined by the Council on Social Work Education's Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards.
Check out a Table of Contents for CSW6 at: https://www.nacsw.org/Publications/CSW6/CSW6Table_Contents.pdf.
- Introduction (Scales and Kelly) - https://www.nacsw.org/Publications/CSW6/CSW6thIntroductionSample.pdf
- A Christian Perspective on Ethical Decision Making in Social Work Practice (David Sherwood) - https://www.nacsw.org/Publications/CSW6/CSW6thSherwoodEthicsSample.pdf
- The Christian roots of the social work profession
- Work with LGBT clients
- The Grand Challenges for Social Work and Evidence-based Practice (EBP)
- Trauma-informed approaches
- Practice with refugee populations'
- The ethical and effective use of technology with social work clients.
Check out what Christians in social work are saying about the 6th edition of Christianity and Social Work at https://www.nacsw.org/Publications/CSW6/WhatSayingAboutCSW6.pdf.
Check out a recording of a workshop editors presented overviewing the 6th edition of Christianity and Social Work , along with two of CSW6's chapter authors at https://vimeo.com/479392142/f843e3d1f9.
Dr. T. Laine Scales, PhD, MSW is Professor and Master Teacher at the Garland School of Social Work, Baylor University, where she has served since 1999. She has published over 40 articles and chapters in the areas of teaching in social work, rural social work, and history of religious settlement houses. Her ten books include “Doing the Word’: Southern Baptists’ Carver School of Church Social Work and its Predecessors, 1907-1997. (University of Tennessee, 2019) Christian Faith and University Life: Stewards of the Academy (Palgrave, 2018), and Social Environments & Human Behavior: Contexts for Practice with Groups, Organizations, Communities, & Social Movements, 2nd ed. (Oxford 2016).
Michael S. Kelly PhD, MSW is Professor at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Social Work. Prior to coming to Loyola in Fall 2006, he was a school social worker, family therapist, and youth minister in the Chicago area for 14 years. He has written over 80 articles, book chapters, & books on school social work and evidence-based practice (EBP), He is a fellow of the Oxford Symposium for School-Based Family Counseling, and the Associate Editor of School Mental Health Journal, and the Editor-in-Chief of the open-access journal International Journal of School Social Work.