Spiritualität

English summary: Spirituality is a highly topical and at the same time controversial subject in the contemporary world. This anthology presents essays from various scholarly cultures that address the topic of spirituality for interdisciplinary purposes. In particular, it brings together three of these types of discourse: spirituality in theology and faith practice, in medicine as spiritual care, and in sociology and psychology. This provides instructive insights into and overviews of...
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English summary: Spirituality is a highly topical and at the same time controversial subject in the contemporary world. This anthology presents essays from various scholarly cultures that address the topic of spirituality for interdisciplinary purposes. In particular, it brings together three of these types of discourse: spirituality in theology and faith practice, in medicine as spiritual care, and in sociology and psychology. This provides instructive insights into and overviews of the wide variety of approaches to the complex field of spirituality and research on it. German description: Spiritualitat ist ein hochaktuelles und zugleich umstrittenes Thema unserer Zeit. Der vorliegende Sammelband prasentiert Beitrage aus verschiedenen Wissenschaftskulturen, die sich in interdisziplinarem Interesse mit dem Thema der Spiritualitat auseinandersetzen. Dabei bundelt er insbesondere drei dieser Diskurse: Spiritualitat in Theologie und Glaubenspraxis, in der Medizin als Spiritual Care und in Soziologie sowie Psychologie. Dadurch ergeben sich instruktive Ein- und Uberblicke in die grosse Vielfalt der Zugange zum komplexen Feld der Spiritualitat und ihrer Erforschung.