Defining Religion and Spirituality
Defining Religion and Spirituality
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定义宗教和灵性
DOI：
10.1093/med/9780199325764.003.0008
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发表时间：
2018
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通讯作者：
T. Balboni
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作者：
M. Balboni;T. Balboni
本章指出了两个一般性的方法，实质性和功能性，在精神和宗教可能是概念化。功能性的理解不太关注宗教的具体内容，如超人或神，而是集中在宗教的终极关怀或最大的爱上。在这种功能性方法中，灵性和宗教密切相关，但不完全相同。灵性指的是情人和主要爱的对象之间的非物质联系。宗教关注的是支持和实现终极关怀或最伟大的爱的外部结构。这两种概念方法都具有学术合法性，但功能性理解与实质性定义不同，在日益多元化的社会中开辟了创新的方式来解释医学中的精神和宗教关系，以便传统的“宗教”，“精神但不宗教”和深刻的“世俗”人可以揭示共同的价值观和共同点。
This chapter notes two general approaches, the substantive and functional, in how spirituality and religion may be conceptualized. A functional understanding is less focused on the specific content that comprises religion, such as the superhuman or the gods, and instead concentrates on the ultimate concern or greatest love of said religion. Within this functional approach, spirituality and religion are closely related but not identical. Spirituality refers to the immaterial connection between the lover and the object chiefly loved. Religion concerns the external structures that support and enable an ultimate concern or greatest love. Both conceptual approaches hold scholarly legitimacy, but functional understandings, unlike substantive definitions, open innovative ways within an increasingly pluralistic society to interpret the relationship of spirituality and religion within medicine, so that traditional “religious,” “spiritual but not religious,” and deeply “secular” persons may uncover shared values and common ground in the care of the sick.