“…Relevant literature available in British journals tends to deal with very specifi c issues, with particular groups, with issues in other countries or with history. (Bowpitt, 1998;Garr and Marans, 2001;Kirton, 1999;Lloyd, 1997;Pacheco et al, 2003;Runnymede Trust/Wood, 1996;Smyth and Campbell, 1996) This is in apparent contrast to the earlier resurgence of interest in the role of religion in both social work education and practice in the USA (Amato-von Hemert, 1994;Canda, 1989;Loewenburg, 1988;Netting et al, 1990;Sermabeikian, 1994;Sheridan and Amato-von Hemert, 1999) and to more confi dent explorations of the role of spirituality by some therapists and other practitioners in health settings in Britain. (Bragan, 1996;Brandon, 1999;Cobb andRobshaw, 1998, Speck, 1998.…”