This study explored the attitudes of social workers towards spiritual and religious issues in practice, using in-depth interviews of 56 Utah practitioners. Several key themes emerged:(1) spirituality and religiosity are different issues, but both should be considered in working with all client populations; (2) formal training for social workers currently does not provide the knowledge and skills that are required for practice with spiritual and religious issues;(3) social workers need to understand their own beliefs and biases about spirituality and religiosity and tend to their own spiritual growth; and (4) spiritual and religious content can be integrated into existing social work curricula. [Article copies available from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800- 342-9678.]

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