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Spirituality: Religion
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Spirituality is, in a narrow sense, a concern with matters of the spirit... that may be defined; but it is also a wide term with many available readings. It may include belief in supernatural powers, as in religion, but the emphasis is on personal experience. It may be an expression for life perceived as higher, more complex or more integrated with one's worldview, as contrasted with the merely sensual.
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The Saint Mary's College Center for Spirituality was just awarded a $95,905 grant from the John Templeton Foundation to pursue a project entitled "The Quest Project: Women Exploring the Science/Religion Interface." The primary goal of the effort is to provide a forum for young women to explore the big questions facing today's scientists and theologians...more
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Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit. Spiritual matters are those involving humankind's ultimate nature, not only as material biological organisms, but as beings with a unique potential to relate to that which is beyond both time and the material world. As such the spiritual is traditionally contrasted with the material, the temporal and the worldly. A perceived sense of connection forms a central defining characteristic of spirituality — connection to a metaphysical reality greater than oneself, which may include an emotional experience of religious awe and reverence, or such states as satori or Nirvana. Equally importantly, spirituality relates to matters of sanity and of psychological health. Spirituality is the personal, subjective dimension of religion, particularly that which pertains to liberation or salvation ([S]ee ... mysticism)
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