A Semi-Scientist's Spirituality, Nonetheless

Slow progress--but progress nonetheless.

Combating Disease Mongering: Daunting but Nonetheless Essential

T he challenge of combating the current epidemic of disease mongering is daunting, and anyone looking for ready solutions should read no further. Those seeking a way forward fi nd themselves ranged against powerful economic, political, and professional interests. There is an apparently limitless amount of money to be made from marketing pharmaceutical remedies for diseases and even more from re...

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The Spirituality Questionnaire: Core Dimensions of Spirituality

Jochen Hardt, Sonja Schultz, Carola Xander, Gerhild Becker, Malgorzata Dragan Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland Email: [email protected]...

Cyborg Spirituality

This article explores crossovers from Eastern philosophy and spirituality to contemporary science and medicine in the West. My interest is not so much in specific lines of historical transmission, as in the channels through which they flow. In particular, my argument is that different ontologies – visions of how the world is – either facilitate or block such exchanges. As an example, think abou...