Spirituality & Culture

Useful links and materials for the following areas:

Beliefnet. A good website dealing with spirituality, inspiration and faith. It has sub-sections which cover the different religious traditions and their particular spiritualities.
Spirituality and Practice. A highly recommended website that deals with different kinds and aspects of spirituality in the contemporary world
Patheos. A website dealing in many areas connected with Religion and Spirituality. This is a link to the spirituality section.

IMPORTANT! Faith and Religion in Canada: from the Angus Reid Institute (2015). Link HERE
Why Americans are Leaving Religion and Why They're Unlikely to Come Back. Linke HERE

"Spiritual, but not Religious" HERE. A landmark study by Robert Fuller (2001) that helped describe this growing phenomenon among Americans. This is an excerpt from the book through Beliefnet.
The Difference between Religion and Spirituality in Society Today. A thoughtful article by Dr. Graham English which includes a discussion on Ninian's Smart's well-known "Dimensions of Religion".
Pew Research Study on the Spiritual "Nones" (those who choose the 'Spiritual but not Religious' category) HERE.
National Post 2012 article on 'Spiritual but not Religious' in Canada HERE.

From Rabbi David Wolpe through Time Magazine HERE.
From Pastor Lillian Daniel who argues that God could indeed be found in church HERE.
Some critical perspectives from the blog of Dr. David Webster HERE.

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