Contemporary Global Spirituality

According to a recent Pew study, a quarter of Americans describe themselves as “spiritual, but not religious.” What do they mean? Can spirituality be separated from religion?

This talk will demonstrate that the two can be distinguished, for psychological, historical, and neuroscientific reasons. After suggesting a definition of spirituality, the concept of “applied” or “secular” spirituality will be employed to analyze its interactions, with medicine and heath care, entrepreneurship, education, and warriorship