Creating and applying knowledge for critical social work practice: Reflections on epistemology, research, and evidence-based practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted McNeill ◽  
David B. Nicholas
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Critical Social Work ◽  
Critical Social

The Promotion of Avoidable Ignorance in the British Journal of Social Work (Gambrill, 2018): A Very Short Reply

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Holloway ◽  
Malcolm Golightley
Keyword(s):  
British Journal ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Short Reply

This reply from the Editors of the British Journal of Social Work to a recently published invited article in Research on Social Work Practice (a substantially similar version of which had been previously rejected by the BJSW), affirms the importance and timeliness of rigorous debate within social work about science and evidence-based practice but summarises the BJSW reviewers reasons for rejecting the article submitted to the BJSW. The reply concludes by calling for wider contributions to this debate.

scholarly journals Spiritual Identity and Transformation: Christian Narratives, Public Discourse, and Critical Social Work Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe Fardella
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Spiritual Identity ◽  
Transformative Change ◽  
Postmodern Theory ◽  
Social Forms ◽  
Critical Social Work ◽  
Critical Social

Currently, critically reflective social work practice is influenced by culturally relativizing themes from postmodern thought. This view cautions practitioners to be aware of the role that dominant cultural narratives play in subjugating the identities of their clients as well as their own lives and professional practice. As such, postmodern theory risks denying the emancipatory potential of Christian thought for inspiring subjective, inter-personal and social forms of transformative change. This paper will argue that the discourse ethics of Jurgen Habermas represent communicative ideals which allow for the non-coercive application of potentially transformative Christian beliefs to critical social work practice.

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