"The fifth edition of Christianity and Social Work is written for social workers whose motivations to enter the profession are informed by their Christian faith, and who desire to develop faithfully Christian approaches to helping. Christianity and Social Work is organized around four themes: 1. Christian Roots of the Social Work Profession; 2. Christians Called to Social Work: Scriptural Basis, Worldviews and Ethics; 3. Human Behavior and Spiritual Development in a Diverse World; 4. Christians in Social Work Practice: Contemporary Issues. Chapters address a breadth of curriculum areas such as social welfare history, human behavior and the social environment, social policy, and practice at micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Containing 19 chapters and more than 400 pages, this revised edition of CSW includes six new chapters and six extensively-revised chapters in response to requests by readers of previous editions, including chapters on working with clients from the LGBT community, evidence-based practice (EBP), congregational social work, military social work, human trafficking, and spiritual assessment... In organizing this 5th edition, NACSW has carefully considered the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS) from the Council on Social Work Education. It is important for schools of social work to show how they prepare students to demonstrate specific competencies in social work practice. To help with this integration CSW includes Appendices with charts that guide readers toward potential connections. These tools will be a helpful guide for both instructors and students"-- Provided by publisher.

Good news for the poor : Christian influences on social welfare /Mary Anne Poe -- To give Christ to the neighborhoods : a corrective look at the settlement movement and early Christian social workers / T. Laine Scales and Michael S. Kelly -- Go in peace and sin no more : Christian African American women as social work pioneer / Tanya Smith Brice -- Relationship between beliefs and values in social work practice : worldviews make a difference / David Sherwood -- Calling a spirituality model for social work practice / Beryl Hugen -- Social work for social justice : strengthening practice with the poor through Catholic social teaching / Julia Pryce, Michael S. Kelly, and Mary Lawinger -- Social work as calling / Diana S. Richmond Garland -- Doing the right thing : a Christian perspective on ethical decision-making in social work practice / David Sherwood -- The helping process and Christian beliefs : insights from Alan Keith-Lucas / Helen Wilson Harris -- Models for ethically integrating faith and social works / Rick Chamiec-Case Holtrop -- Working with LGBT clients : promising practices and personal challenges / Allison Tan -- Spiritual assessment : a review of complementary assessment models / David R. Hodge and Crystal R. Holtrop -- Family circles : assessing family and spiritual connections with military clients / Dexter Freeman -- Evidence-based practice : towards a Christian / Joe Raines -- Faith makes a difference for Christians in social work / Rick Chamiec-Case -- Evidence-based practice : towards a Christian perspective / Jim Raines -- International social work : a faith based, anti-oppressive approach / Elizabeth Patterson -- Preaching and the trauma of HIV and AIDS : a social work perspective / Frederick J. Streets -- Lessons learned : conducting culturally competent research and providing interventions with Black churches / Kesslyn Brade Stennis, Kathy Purnell, Emory Perikns, and Helen Fischle -- Social justice and spiritual healing : using micro and macro social work practice to reduce domestic minor sex trafficking / Tashsa Perduc, Michael Prior, Celia Williamson, and Sandra Sherman -- Decision cases : No room at the inn / Judi Ravenhoast Meerman and Rachel Venema -- The best interest of the child? Client or congregant? / Carla MacDonald -- Appendix A: EPAS connections organized by chapter -- Appendix B: EPAS connections organized by competency number.