Christian Faith and Resilience: Implications for Social Work Practice

Abstract

This scoping review was undertaken to understand the current intersection of resilience, Christian faith, and social work practice in the professional literature. Five prominent themes emerged that included characteristics of resilience, cultural and communal resilience, spiritual practices,\xa0 positive and negative spiritual/religious coping, and social work practice principles. \nImplications for practice and research are discussed with an emphasis on building the knowledge and literature on Christian spirituality and resilience within the social work field beyond a conceptual understanding.