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Front Cover -- Series -- The Origins of Social Care and Social Work: Creating a Global Future -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Defining social work -- The second oldest profession? -- The social imaginary -- The emergence of helping -- 2 A royal responsibility -- Ancient Near Eastern texts -- Hebrew scriptures -- Law -- Prophets -- Writings -- Christian scriptures -- The gospels and Acts -- The epistles -- Summary -- 3 Inventing the poor -- The early Christian Church and the state -- Philanthropy and wealth -- The Cappadocians

Monasticism, mendicants, and voluntary poverty -- In the West: feudalism and the rise of the church -- Emergence of Islam -- In the East -- Summary -- 4 Reforming the poor -- Caring for the poor, managing wealth -- The social imaginary -- Disasters strike -- British Poor Laws -- Reform -- Secularising relief -- Summary -- 5 Capitalising the poor -- Protestantism in England -- Labour and capitalism -- Exploration and exploitation -- Enlightenment and liberalism -- Summary -- 6 Industrialising the poor -- The Industrial Revolution -- Slavery -- Poor Law Reform 1834

Theological and social responses to the New Poor Law -- The Tractarians -- Charity Organisation Society -- Settlement House Movement -- Across the Atlantic -- Summary -- 7 Liberalising the poor -- Classical to social liberalism -- The emergence of the welfare state -- Internationalisation -- Neoliberalism -- Summary -- 8 Professionalising work with the poor -- What is a profession? -- Is social work a profession? -- Altruistic purpose -- Theoretical knowledge -- Skills -- Values and ethics -- Individual responsibility -- Self-governance and credentialling -- Public and political recognition

So not a profession then -- Now what? -- 9 A global perspective -- South Asia -- China -- Japan -- African ubuntu and other indigenous cultural approaches -- Decolonising social work globally -- Global social work today -- 10 Creating a global future -- The origins of social care and social work -- Teach and learn history -- Decolonise -- Social control -- The question of profession -- Create a global future -- References -- Index -- Back Cover

Acknowledging the religious influences in social work's roots, Mark Henrickson proposes that it need not be constrained by it. Addressing current debates in international social work about the relevance of different perspectives, this book will allow practitioners and scholars to create a global future of social work.

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