Spirituality | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-14

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Spirituality


00:01:08 1 Etymology
00:02:04 2 Definition
00:03:41 3 Development of the meaning of spirituality
00:03:51 3.1 Classical, medieval and early modern periods
00:05:23 3.2 Modern spirituality
00:06:00 3.2.1 Transcendentalism and Unitarian Universalism
00:07:08 3.2.2 Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and the Perennial Philosophy
00:08:18 3.2.3 Neo-Vedanta
00:09:22 3.2.4 "Spiritual but not religious"
00:10:57 4 Traditional spirituality
00:11:07 4.1 Abrahamic faiths
00:11:16 4.1.1 Judaism
00:14:13 4.1.2 Christianity
00:15:42 4.1.3 Islam
00:15:50 4.1.3.1 Five pillars
00:16:31 4.1.3.2 Sufism
00:18:02 4.1.3.3 Jihad
00:18:58 4.2 Asian traditions
00:19:07 4.2.1 Buddhism
00:19:58 4.2.2 Hinduism
00:20:41 4.2.2.1 Four paths
00:22:59 4.2.2.2 Schools and spirituality
00:23:43 4.2.3 Sikhism
00:25:08 4.3 African spirituality
00:25:30 5 Contemporary spirituality
00:26:54 5.1 Characteristics
00:30:37 5.2 Spiritual experience
00:32:47 5.3 Spiritual practices
00:34:04 6 Science
00:34:13 6.1 Relation to science
00:35:36 6.2 Holism
00:36:23 6.3 Scientific research
00:36:32 6.3.1 Health and well-being
00:38:24 6.3.1.1 Intercessionary prayer
00:39:04 6.3.1.2 Spiritual care in health care professions
00:39:31 6.3.2 Spiritual experiences
00:40:32 7 See also



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- Socrates



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The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various connotations can be found alongside each other.Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", oriented at "the image of God" as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world. The term was used within early Christianity to refer to a life oriented toward the Holy Spirit and broadened during late medieval times to include mental aspects of life.
In modern times the term both spread to other religious traditions and broadened to refer to a wider range of experience, including a range of esoteric traditions and religious traditions. Modern usages tend to refer to a subjective experience of a sacred dimension and the "deepest values and meanings by which people live", often in a context separate from organized religious institutions, such as a belief in a supernatural (beyond the known and observable) realm, personal growth, a quest for an ultimate or sacred meaning, religious experience, or an encounter with one's own "inner dimension".