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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Auteur principal: Hyde, Brendan (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Taylor & Francis 2004
Dans: International journal of children's spirituality
Année: 2004, Volume: 9, Numéro: 1, Pages: 39-52
Sujets non-standardisés:B Spiritual Intelligence
B Neural sites
B Problem‐solving
B Plausibility
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Résumé: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
Contient:Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1364436042000200816