University of Oregon, USA.
University of Oregon, USA.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2021 Aug;40:121-125. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.09.003. Epub 2020 Sep 12.
'Spiritual but not religious' appears to be an increasingly popular self-designation for individuals asked about their religious affiliation. We review scientific literature that helps to unpackage the meaning of the phrase, from conceptual to empirical analyses. Both diversity and ambiguity in how individuals understand the designation and in their motivations for using it are very much evident. Use of the designation appears to have some confound with demographic and cultural background factors. Empirical research does indicate a detectable clear divergence between conventionally religious and mystical tendencies, at least in Western populations that have been the focus of most investigations. But the mystical tendencies that may serve to separate spirituality from religion appear to be themselves heterogeneous, and not necessarily reducible to one disposition.
“灵性但非宗教”似乎是一个越来越流行的自我称谓，用于描述那些被问及宗教信仰的人。我们回顾了有助于剖析该短语含义的科学文献，从概念到实证分析。个人对该称谓的理解以及使用它的动机在多样性和模糊性方面都非常明显。该称谓的使用似乎与人口统计学和文化背景因素有关。实证研究确实表明，在传统宗教和神秘倾向之间存在明显的差异，至少在大多数研究关注的西方人群中是如此。但是，将灵性与宗教区分开来的神秘倾向本身似乎是多种多样的，不一定可以归结为一种倾向。
