广义上说,东西方传统文化都有一些和灵性相关的研究或主张,或者直接或者间接而已。但是,对个体的灵性的真正关注,则是最近的理论研究的事。它和新纪元运动、心理学中的第四势力、灵性资本理论、社会工作中的灵性视角等紧密相关。灵性社会工作理论,是基于西方社会工作理论中灵性视角的兴起,结合中国传统文化以及中国当前社会急剧转型的特征,所做出的一种理论创新的尝试。它可以从概念框架和实践框架两个方面来把握。
<<In a broad sense,there are some spirituality-related researches or claims in traditional culture both of East and West,either directly or indirectly. However,the real concern for individual spirituality is a thing of recent theoretical studies. Such interest in individual spirituality is closely related to the New Age Movement,the fourth forces in psychology,the spirituality capital theory and the perspective of spirituality in social work. Theory of Spiritual Social Work,based on the rise of the perspective of spirituality in western social work theory,combined with traditional Chinese culture and current characteristics of rapid social transformation in China,is a theoretical adventure of academic endeavors. It can be understood from its conceptual and practical framework.
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