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Practitioners, whether social workers, psychologists, or lawyers working with families, ought to take a critical look at the ways faith and spirituality can help families move beyond conflict. Indeed, attention to culture and various meaning systems are key aspects of successful work with families in conflict. Ultimately, practitioners are invited to assist families to move beyond conflict by developing dialogic ways that assist in developing re-humanizing relationships.  \nTo understand the importance of spirituality in working with families one must contend with the meaning of faith and spirituality in the lives of individuals, families and communities. The human experience is intricately intertwined in the lives of people. Often, the quality and influence that faith and the spiritual play in people’s lives may go unnoticed. Even with the increasing emphasis to provide culturally competent services, practitioners often give little or no attention to issues of faith or spirituality. Culturally competent or responsive practice must take into account a complex matrix of intertwining cultural influences, individual identities, values, choices and behavior in continually evolving dynamic ways. Recent literature underscores the importance of spirituality in practice across various professional disciplines.1 As a result, a growing literature on, and interest in, the  \n* Ph.D. Boston University. Professor, Simmons College School of Social Work.  \n1 See Stacey L. Barker, The Integration of Spirituality and Religion Content in Social Work Education: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going, 34 SOC. WORK & CHRISTIANITY 146 (2007); Jon B. Ellis & Peggy C. Smith, Spiritual  \n\\\\jciprod01\\productn\\M\\MAT\\26-1\\MAT109.txt unknown Seq: 2 13-FEB-14 12:04  \n16 Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers  \ntopic of spirituality is emerging. Integrating the spiritual and/or religious dimension in all types of practice can offer clients an additional coping strategy to deal with various issues, not least of them, conflict Holistic health must take into account the integration of body, mind and spirit. These aspects of self are all interwoven. Indeed, the feeling of well-being that comes from a healthy body is a mental and spiritual experience. As human beings, our search for a good life is also our spiritual need to experience ourselves as having a meaningful role in our inner and outer worlds. For families in conflict, holistic health and well-being is the family’s search for meaning.  \nThe topic of spirituality presents an important challenge for all practitioners. Indeed, for some practitioners, it is like working in another culture. In developing familiarity with this other culture, it is important to understand certain terms that can help the understanding of important constructs. Indeed, because spirituality and religion play an important role in the human experience, practitioners including lawyers ought to pay attention to these dimensions.  \nI. Defining the Terms  \nWhen one speaks of spirituality, one is immediately confronted with the problem of defining its meaning. When attempting to define spirituality, the challenge is the creation of parameters which may appear to touch only the surface of the issue. The difficulty in defining spirituality may speak to the vagueness of the term, the lack of coherence in the term, the abstract nature of the term or the mystery that surrounds the concept. 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