The plausibility of spiritual intelligence: spiritual experience, problem solving and neural sites

Australian teachers in Church related schools have begun to use the term ‘spiritual intelligence’ in their educational discourse. Is it accurate to describe spirituality as a form of intelligence? This paper explores whether the notion of spiritual intelligence is plausible. It addresses this firstl...

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Autor principal: Hyde, Brendan (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2004
En: International journal of children's spirituality
Año: 2004, Volumen: 9, Número: 1, Páginas: 39-52
Otras palabras clave:B Spiritual Intelligence
B Neural sites
B Problem‐solving
B Plausibility
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Sumario:Australian teachers in Church related schools have begun to use the term ‘spiritual intelligence’ in their educational discourse. Is it accurate to describe spirituality as a form of intelligence? This paper explores whether the notion of spiritual intelligence is plausible. It addresses this firstly by discussing the notion of spiritual experience as a mechanism for problem solving—one of the central themes that underlies the concept of intelligence. Secondly, it examines some of the neural sites of the human brain that have been found to be active in those who apperceive spiritual experience. In light of this discussion, this paper argues that although some concerns prevail in considering spirituality as a form of intelligence, the concept of spiritual intelligence may nonetheless be rendered as plausible.
ISSN:1469-8455
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1364436042000200816