Spirituality: For Some, or For All? - Includes Lecture Slides

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Spirituality: For Some, or For All?

New Jersey Institute of Technology College Association for the Research of Principles October 9, 2019

Frank Kaufmann kaufmann.nyc@gmail.com +1 646 220 8281

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, 2017 FA CT TANK I JAf\.UARY 2 1 , 2016 Americans may be getting less religious, but fee lings of spirituality are on the rise IPKA AND CLAIRE GECEWICZ

Some people may see the term ~spiritual but FACT TA NK I A UG US T 24, 20 1 6 not religious” as indecisive and devoid of A quarter of Americans now see themselves as spiritual but not rellglous Why America’s ‘nones’ left substance. Others embrace it as an accurate % who identify as … religion behind way to describe themselves. What is beyond dispute, however, is that the label applies to a growing share of Americans. Religious and spiritual 69%’ ~ 48% Most Americans believe in About a quarter of U.S. adults (27%) now Jesus’ virgin birth say they think of themselves as spiritual but not religious, up 8 percentage points in five years, according to a Pew Resear ch Center RE LI GI ON I N OVEMBER 3 . 2015 survey conducted between April 25 and ../27 S key findings about J une 4 of this year. This growth has been Spiritual but not religious 19 ~ - 18 Ne ither religious nor spiritua l 16 o--= religiosity in the U.S. - and broad-based: It has occurred among men how it’s changing and women; whites, blacks and Hispanics; Re Iigious but not sp ir itua I 6 6 2 people of many different ages and education levels; and among Republicans and 201 2 2017 FA CT TANK I J U LY 18. 2016

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THE RELIGIOUSLY UNAFFILIATED 3

Spirituality [Poll]

Elements Impacting Religion and Spirituality  Rise of Science  Facticity

 Experimentation

 Uncertainty

History of Religion 

 Hostility to “judgement”

 (Unless it’s destroying the life of someone with a

different political opinion than your own) 5

Spiritual elements of life Invisible

Material elements of life

Spiritual Material

 Cause  Effect  Invisible  Manifest  Intending  Realizing

 Compassion  Kindness (acts of kindness)  Knowing  Proving

4 Elements of Spirituality

1. Intentionality 2. Impulse toward compassion 3. Response to Circumstances 1. Preserve-Protect 2. Create 4. Repair, regenerate, recreate

Spiritual and moral principles do not exist for their own sake. Their purpose is to form the basis for life in this world. To meet challenges, from climate change and poverty to geopolitical tension, terrorism and interreligious conflict; to influence the spheres of government, trade and commerce, education, academia, the media, culture and the arts, and, most importantly, family life.

Human Elements that are Uniquely Spiritual

These arise and exist in relationship 1. Humility 2.Gratitude 3. Loyalty 4. Honesty 5. Repentance and Remorse 6. Forgiveness 10

Mature Spirituality, Intellectual Consistency

We experience cause and effect

This world is a result. Humility requires therefore, we acknowledge a purpose

From this simple step, forging faith and spiritual practice naturally follows 11