Why do psychologists infrequently choose to incorporate spirituality and/or religion in treatment planning? Historically, pivotal leaders within the field of psychology took a pointed stance against ...

As a psychologist, I am a scientist of human behavior. I am accountable to what can be understood scientifically through empiricism. And yet empiricism is not the only method we use to explore reality ...

Last week’s Pew survey shows that Americans are increasingly becoming more spiritual than religious. In fact, 41% of adults grew more spiritual, compared with 24% who grew more religious over their ...

This chapter focuses on three groups of U.S. adults, based on their answers to the following four questions: Do you think of yourself as spiritual? Do you think of yourself as religious? How important ...

The number of Americans who identify as spiritual is on the rise, while many are distancing themselves from organized religion. According to a 2023 Pew Research study, seven out of 10 Americans ...

(RNS) — In a year of schisms, global wars and religious scandals, hope wasn’t always easy to come by in 2023. Sometimes the greatest comfort in such times can be the stories of those who have dealt ...

The first time I heard the concept of “multiple religious belonging,” I was a college student. Iyanla Vanzant was a visiting professor at Bennett College during my senior year in 2011. While I wasn’t ...

Once reserved for that one woo-woo friend who does a lot of yoga, we’ve seen things like crystals, tarot cards, and other symbols of spirituality go mainstream recently. The shift is evident across ...

Spirituality can help us not just weather times of crisis but even emerge stronger than before. A 2024 study on frontline ...

In recent years, a significant shift has been observed in the spiritual landscape of Generation Z, those born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s. While traditional religious affiliation appears to ...