عنوان

Beyond "Religion" and "Spirituality"

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LA109077

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Title Proper

Beyond "Religion" and "Spirituality"

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[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

James Murphy

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

A review of recent research suggests that academic and popular distinctions between "religion" and "spirituality" are unfounded. Working from a meaning systems perspective, it is argued that recognizing that "religious" and "spiritual" are part of the same broad category does not go far enough. It is argued that a wider perspective that considers the interplay of many different cultural and social factors on both beliefs and practices is more useful. This broadening of the multi-level, interdisciplinary paradigm to examine all existential cultures, including the secular and non-religious, offers the potential to better understand the complexity and diversity of lived religion. Increased use of idiographic methodologies and a more reflective approach to the constructs used in nomothetic methodologies are advocated as a way to advance the field and better explore beliefs and practices in a more ecologically valid way. A review of recent research suggests that academic and popular distinctions between "religion" and "spirituality" are unfounded. Working from a meaning systems perspective, it is argued that recognizing that "religious" and "spiritual" are part of the same broad category does not go far enough. It is argued that a wider perspective that considers the interplay of many different cultural and social factors on both beliefs and practices is more useful. This broadening of the multi-level, interdisciplinary paradigm to examine all existential cultures, including the secular and non-religious, offers the potential to better understand the complexity and diversity of lived religion. Increased use of idiographic methodologies and a more reflective approach to the constructs used in nomothetic methodologies are advocated as a way to advance the field and better explore beliefs and practices in a more ecologically valid way.

Date of Publication

2017

Physical description

1-26

Title

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volume Number

39/1

International Standard Serial Number

1573-6121

Subject Term

belief

Subject Term

lived religion

Subject Term

meaning systems

Subject Term

methodology

Subject Term

non-religion

Subject Term

psychology of religion

Subject Term

spirituality

James Murphy

Call Number

10.1163/15736121-12341335

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[Article]

275578

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