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Lecturer(s)
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Opatrný Michal, doc. Dr. theol.
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Course content
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Course contents: Basic concepts (religiosity, spirituality, spiritual assessment, objectivism, constructivism) and their etymology. Religiosity and spirituality in the postmodern time Religiosity and spirituality in the Czech Republic (current state, causes and development, research results, research methodology) Spirituality and religiosity as a source of values Spirituality and religiosity as a "support system" of the client Spirituality and religiosity as a risk factor of the client's life situation Spiritual assessment (origin, forms, possibilities and limits of use in Europe) Spiritual assessment as part of the assessment of the client's life situation worker on the basis of a spiritual assessment The subject support is accessible in the Moodle system.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Written action (comprehensive tests, clauses), Skills training
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Learning outcomes
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The course deals with the possibilities and limits of using spiritual assessment in assessing client's life situation. The starting point of spiritual assessment is the assumption that spirituality is an anthropological constant, i.e. each person has a certain spirituality, which is the source of his/her values and motivations. In the process of social work, client's values and motivations can both support the search for a solution to his/her life situation and lead to its deterioration. Spiritual assessment, therefore, allows social worker to identify the main elements of client's spirituality and assess its impact on his/her life situation: whether it can be used as a "support system" to solve it, or is risky for the client and threatens to solve his/her life situation. Spiritual assessment is in no way conditioned by the degree of spirituality and religiosity in society. Nevertheless, due to the specific concept of religiosity and spirituality in the Czech environment, emphasis will be placed on such concepts of spiritual assessment, which focus on postmodern spirituality and diffuse religiosity and/or spirituality, which are often referred to as spirituality of the holistic spectrum. Therefore, the subject will deal with such concepts of spiritual assessment which use elements of ethnographic methodological approaches: The client is understood as a "cultural guide" who teaches and guides the social worker through his/her "world" and his/her "subculture", respectively his/her spirituality. Therefore, the social worker asks complex questions within the spiritual assessment, pays attention to the culturally conditioned specific meanings of general concepts and seeks their clarification in the dialogue with the client. The assessment of the client's life situation is closely connected with the intervention of the social worker. Therefore, even within the subject, the spiritual assessment will be understood as closely connected with the subsequent intervention, which will be based on it.
Course graduate: - understands the terms spirituality, religiosity, spiritual assessment, spiritually sensitive social work, spiritually oriented social work, pastoral care, - is familiar with the issues of spirituality and religiosity in Europe and the Czech Republic, understands the cultural and historical context, knows the basic demographic facts, - is able to perform spiritually sensitive social work within the assessment of the client's life situation, - is familiar with religious discourse so that he/she can delegate the client to pastoral professions, - masters the basics in the issue of spiritually oriented social work (assessment of life situation, intervention).
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral examination, Hospitace, Colloquium
Paper: The student will prepare a paper, which will be presented at the final colloquium. It will be based on literature assigned for self-study - these will be current foreign journal studies on the subject. The date of the colloquium will be announced via IS/STAG. Test: The material covered in lectures and knowledge of relevant professional literature assigned for self-study will be tested - see the list of basic literature in this syllabus. The evaluation of the test will also include the evaluation of the paper. The test conducts online in the Moodle e-learning system.
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Recommended literature
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Canda, E. R. - Furman, L. D. Spiritual diversity in social work practice: The heart of helping. Oxford, 2010.
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ČSÚ. Náboženská víra obyvatel podle výsledků sčítání lidu. Praha, 2014.
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Doležel, Jakub. Spirituální citlivost charitních služeb: Proč a jak pracovat se spirituální dimenzí životní situace klientů. Caritas et veritas 1/2017. České Budějovice, 2017.
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Dudley, J. R. Spirituality Matters in Social Work: Conntecting Spirituality, Religion, and Practice. New York - London, 2016.
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Gerig, R., Opatrný, M., Birher, N., Baumann, K. a kol. Spiritualita, etika a sociální práce. Freiburg i.Br., 2021. ISBN 978-3-928969-89-5.
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Hamplová, Dana. Náboženství v české společnosti na prahu 3. tisíciletí. Vyd. 1. Praha : Karolinum, 2013. ISBN 978-80-246-2244-6.
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Hodge, David R. Spiritual assessment in social work and mental health practice. New York : Columbia University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-231-16396-5.
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Hook, M. et all. Spirituality within Religious Traditions in Social Practice. Belmont, 2002.
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Kaňák, Jan. Postavení diskursu spirituality v sociální práci. Sociální práce 4/2015. 2015.
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Lužný, D. - Nešpor, Z. R. et all. Náboženství v menšině: Religiozita a spiritualita v současné české společnosti. Praha, 2008.
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Navrátil, Pavel; Janebová, Radka. Reflexivita v posuzování životní situace klientek a klientů sociální práce. Vyd. 1. Hradec Králové : Gaudeamus, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7435-038-2.
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Nešpor, Z. R. Příliš slábi ve víře: Česká ne/religiozita v evropském kontextu. Praha, 2010.
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Suchomelová, Věra. Spirituální potřeby seniorů v sociální péči. Sociální práce 5/2016. Brno, 2016.
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Václavík, David. Náboženství a moderní česká společnost. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-2468-3.
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Váně, J. - Štípková, M. The National Religious Environment and the Orthodoxy of Christian Beliefs: A Comparsion of Austria the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Czech Sociological Review, 3/2013, Vol. 49. 2013.
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