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Social Work, Spirituality, and Diasporic Communities: The Case of the Sathya Sai Baba Movement
Abstract
The discourse surrounding the role of spirituality in social work practice has been expanding exponentially in recent years. Similarly, the discourse surrounding the role of spirituality among diasporic communities has expanded in recent times as well. In this paper, we will consider the linkages between social work, spirituality, and diaspora. We will focus our discussion on a particular diasporic spiritual community, the Sathya Sai Baba movement and its social service activities. We will then consider the implications of such spiritual movements for the social work profession. Among the key issues explored in this paper are the change in the social construction of populations that have moved between two countries as 'immigrant communities' to 'diasporic communities' and the implications of these changes for social work. Another critical issue we discuss is how working with spiritual movements may help address the 'spiritual deficit' concern that some social work academics have referred to, and indirectly at least, we begin to address 'the social work crisis' issue that has negatively affected the social work profession over the last few years.
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“The way in which local communities interpret and change modern, transnationalised yoga movements is an area which is only beginning to be considered in modern yoga studies, but has had some attention by those looking at Sathya Sai Baba as a global movement (Kent 2005, Pereira 2008, Sangha and Sahoo 2006) and Sivananda Yoga Centres (Strauss 2005 and Altglas 2005, 2007a and 200”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sangha, D., & Sahoo, A. K.
- Affiliations
- University of Northern British Columbia (CA)
- University of Hyderabad (IN)
- ORCID
- Sahoo, Ajaya Kumar
- Venue
- Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2006-01-20
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 75-88
- ISSN
- 1542-6432 (ISSN-L)
- 1542-6440
- OpenAlex
- W2938458286
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 17
- Citations by year
- 2018: 2
- FWCI
- 1.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion, Society, and Development
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Demography › Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
- Keywords
- spirituality in social work, diaspora communities, spiritual movements, immigrant communities, social work profession, social service activities
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