A Comprehensive Theory of Spirituality: Humanistic, Theist, and Theotic

Especially among the Abrahamic religions, quite regularly spirituality implies a relationship with God or else some other supposed “sacred” entities forces. This starting point precludes fully psychological explanation of since appeal to exceeds methodology social human sciences: Psychology is not theology. In contrast, traditional Christian axion holds that "grace builds on nature." Accordingly, recognize dimension mind itself—consciousness spirit—is first and foremost source object spiritual experiences. Then natural becomes fundamental, theoretically essential, at its roots lies within competence study, religious accounts are further elaborations. proposition thesis this article. Following trenchant analyses Bernard Lonergan, account recognizes consciousness spirit as dynamic mind, self-present, out-going, self-transcending, open-ended, geared reality, normative: These requisites inherent in orient person toward true good. personal integration growth coincide—in way: Psychotherapeutic healing frees increasingly take lead guide one’s living, constituting one “a person.” The specification consciousness/spirit contrasts mental content—emotions, memory, imagery—and suggests tripartite model (organism, psyche, consciousness) place standard bipartite (body mind). Such naturalistic easily supports elaboration, seeing Creator (theology) envisioning union (theotics). theory foresees collaboration world's religions acknowledging common foundation for themselves our pluralistic secular society.