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'''Interspirituality''', also known as interspiritual, is an [[Interfaith dialogue|interfaith]] concept where a diversity of [[Spirituality|spiritual]] practices are embraced for common respect for the individual and shared aspects across a variety of spiritual paths. |
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== History == |
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Interspirituality comes from the work of [[Wayne Teasdale]], who developed this term to reflect commonalities between religious traditions, specifically those that are spiritual in nature.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2003|title=How to be an urban mystic: The editors interview Wayne Teasdale|journal=U.S. Catholic|volume=68|pages=26-30}}</ref> These commonalities across religious practices do not erase differences in beliefs, rather they build community and sharing across practices, leading to the ultimate goal of more human responsiblity to one another and the planet as a whole.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Teasdale|first=Wayne|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/47009676|title=The mystic heart : discovering a universal spirituality in the world's religions|date=1999|publisher=New World Library|isbn=1-57731-316-X|location=Novato, Calif|oclc=47009676}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kourie|first=Celia|date=2011|title=Crossing Boundaries: The Way of Interspirituality|url=https://brill.com/view/journals/rt/18/1-2/article-p10_2.xml|journal=Religion and Theology|volume=18|issue=1-2|pages=10–31|doi=10.1163/157430111X613647|issn=1023-0807}}</ref> At its core, this is an "assimilation of insights, values, and spiritual practices" drawn from many different traditions that can be applied to one's own life to further personal, spiritual development.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Teasdale|first=Wayne|title=The Community of Religions: Voices and Images of the Parliament of the World's Religions|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|year=1996|pages=209|chapter=The Interspiritual Age: Global Spirituality in the Third Millennium}}</ref> |
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== Critique == |
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While interspirituality is involved with common spiritual practices that, these are not synonymous with how religious traditions practice. As such, interspirituality should not be considered synonomous with interfaith work, in part because some spiritual practices may be considered antithetic to certain religious practice, thereby including elements that would not be acepted by some conservative approaches.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Puett|first=Tiffany|date=2005|title=ON TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: Critical Pedagogy for Interfaith Education|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24460809|journal=CrossCurrents|volume=55|issue=2|pages=264–273|issn=0011-1953}}</ref> The new insights that can be gained through aspects of other spiritual practices can be threatening to some faiths, as postmodern approaches to beliefs and practices can be challenging when individuals are encouraged to explore other practices to deepen one's own.<ref>{{Citation|last=King|first=Ursula|title=Interfaith Spirituality or Interspirituality? A New Phenomenon in a Postmodern World|date=2012|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1057/9780230360136_9|work=Religious Pluralism and the Modern World|pages=107–120|editor-last=Sugirtharajah|editor-first=Sharada|place=London|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|language=en|doi=10.1057/9780230360136_9|isbn=978-1-349-33386-8|access-date=2021-12-08}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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* [[Interfaith dialogue|Interfaith]] |
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*[[Spirituality]] |
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Revision as of 20:54, 8 December 2021
Interspirituality, also known as interspiritual, is an interfaith concept where a diversity of spiritual practices are embraced for common respect for the individual and shared aspects across a variety of spiritual paths.
History
Interspirituality comes from the work of Wayne Teasdale, who developed this term to reflect commonalities between religious traditions, specifically those that are spiritual in nature.[1] These commonalities across religious practices do not erase differences in beliefs, rather they build community and sharing across practices, leading to the ultimate goal of more human responsiblity to one another and the planet as a whole.[2][3] At its core, this is an "assimilation of insights, values, and spiritual practices" drawn from many different traditions that can be applied to one's own life to further personal, spiritual development.[4]
Critique
While interspirituality is involved with common spiritual practices that, these are not synonymous with how religious traditions practice. As such, interspirituality should not be considered synonomous with interfaith work, in part because some spiritual practices may be considered antithetic to certain religious practice, thereby including elements that would not be acepted by some conservative approaches.[5] The new insights that can be gained through aspects of other spiritual practices can be threatening to some faiths, as postmodern approaches to beliefs and practices can be challenging when individuals are encouraged to explore other practices to deepen one's own.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "How to be an urban mystic: The editors interview Wayne Teasdale". U.S. Catholic. 68: 26–30. 2003.
- ^ Teasdale, Wayne (1999). The mystic heart : discovering a universal spirituality in the world's religions. Novato, Calif: New World Library. ISBN 1-57731-316-X. OCLC 47009676.
- ^ Kourie, Celia (2011). "Crossing Boundaries: The Way of Interspirituality". Religion and Theology. 18 (1–2): 10–31. doi:10.1163/157430111X613647. ISSN 1023-0807.
- ^ Teasdale, Wayne (1996). "The Interspiritual Age: Global Spirituality in the Third Millennium". The Community of Religions: Voices and Images of the Parliament of the World's Religions. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 209.
- ^ Puett, Tiffany (2005). "ON TRANSFORMING OUR WORLD: Critical Pedagogy for Interfaith Education". CrossCurrents. 55 (2): 264–273. ISSN 0011-1953.
- ^ King, Ursula (2012), Sugirtharajah, Sharada (ed.), "Interfaith Spirituality or Interspirituality? A New Phenomenon in a Postmodern World", Religious Pluralism and the Modern World, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 107–120, doi:10.1057/9780230360136_9, ISBN 978-1-349-33386-8, retrieved 2021-12-08