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CHAPTER 2 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BELIEFS ANDVALUES IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE:WORLDVIEWS MAKE A DIFFERENCED avid A. SherwoodIn some circles (including some Christian ones) it is fashionable to say thatwhat we believe is not all that important. What we do is what really strongly disagree. The RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN what we think and what wedo is complex and it is certainly not a simple straight line, but it is pro-found. Social work VALUES , practice theories, assessments, intervention de-cisions, and action strategies are all shaped by our worldview assumptionsand our believe that a Christian worldview will provide an interpretiveframework which will solidly support and inform commonly held so-cial work VALUES such as the inherent value of every person regardless ofpersonal characteristics, self-determination and personally responsiblefreedom of choice, and responsibility for the common good, includinghelp for the poor and oppressed.
ian theory? Behavioral theory? The scientific method? The strengths per-spective? The social work belief that all persons have intrinsic value (a radical notion not particularly supported by modernism or postmodernism in their materialist, subjectivist versions)? To put it another way, we all form stories that answer life’s biggest ques-tions.
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