Between Religiosity and Spirituality: Christianity and the Reemergence of the Immanentist Spiritualities
The reemergence of immanentist spiritualities, from New Age spirituality to African traditional spiritualities, has been indicative of the twenty-first century. The influx of these spiritualities in the West has ripples of implications to Christianity. At the least, spirituality has been separated f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Theology today
Year: 2018, Volume: 75, Issue: 2, Pages: 234-247 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements CA Christianity FA Theology |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Spirituality B immanentist B Christianity B Religiosity |
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| Summary: | The reemergence of immanentist spiritualities, from New Age spirituality to African traditional spiritualities, has been indicative of the twenty-first century. The influx of these spiritualities in the West has ripples of implications to Christianity. At the least, spirituality has been separated from religiosity, with some people identifying themselves as "spiritual but not religious" (SBNR). This work explores the triangular formulae of new spiritualities (the self, nature, divinity) to understand the intricacies of this divergence between religiosity and spirituality, and the implications for Christianity. It argues that theological negligence might not have directly caused the reemergence of many spiritualities, but it warranted the exit of many Christians into the new spiritualities. Through the appraisal of theological anthropology, natural theology, and spiritual theology, it suggests a reprioritization of Christian theology and a constructive relationship with the new spiritualities. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040573618783423 |