Is Implicit Religion Spirituality in Disguise?
Issue: Vol 6 No. 2-3 (2003)
Journal: Implicit Religion
Subject Areas: Religious Studies
Abstract:
| Two important developments in the world of religion and spirituality have occurred over the last couple of decades. Even as mainline church attendance has been declining, there has been a growing preoccupation with spirituality. During this same period there has been increasing interest in implicit religion, a concept which has been applied to illuminate a variety of social phenomena. Are these two developments merely a coincidence, or is there a link between them? A number of authors presuppose a close connection between implicit religion and spirituality, without specifying how these two concepts are related. This article will explore, from a psychological perspective, the relationship between implicit religion and spirituality to determine if they are in fact identical. |
Author: James Gollnick