The Study on Spirituality, Religions and Social Interactions

Majid Daneshgar

Researcher and Expert of Theology and Quranic Sciences. Young Research Club, Islamic
Azad University No: 25- 13th Edalat- Edalat ST- Saffayyeh- Yazd- Islamic Republic of Iran

Abstract

One of the main issues in the present world which was discussed by thinkers is relation
between spirituality and religions. Therefore the spirituality, religions and their roles and
effects in society is the main matter which is studied in this paper. Hereby, the author
explains and studies this issue at 3 parts:

A) Spirituality and religiousness

B) Spirituality and religions

C) Spirituality, Religion and Social Interactions.

Keywords: Spirituality, Religions, Social Interactions

Spirituality is one of the popular letters in the society. The religious thinkers and scientific
use spirituality as this questions: a) what is Spirituality? What is the relation of spirituality
and religions? …, and the there people in our society use spirituality such as; spirituality
man, leader of spirituality. Hereby this word is introducer of one of the human

Features which sometimes will be appear in the human behavior. Spirituality, religions and
social interactions is one of the brandest subject in religion category. This paper tries to
show the real relation between spirituality, religions for the first time in the world.

What is the Spirituality?

Spirituality is comes from Spirit and spirit comes from Spiritus (Latin Word) means; breath
and spirituse is one of the spirare radical means take a breath. Also in Latin translation
and interpretation of New Testament spiritualis was appearances of a person who that the
soul of God show his/her life path. At beginning stage of 5ht century spiritualitas or
spirituality comes from bible, but at the end of 18th century and 19th century spirituality
word had been gone. But at the opening year of 20th century by Christian writers
(Catholic) this word has been alive.
Therefore based on previous discussion I try to show the meaning of spirituality and its
position in our life.

Also this paper is a new opened window to the world of religion and all spirituality meaning
and definitions.

In this paper we considered spirituality and religions at 3 basic subjects:

Spirituality is not religion and religiousness.

Spirituality is not Mysticism

Difference between Spirituality and humanist psychologist theories.

And that the end of this paper I will compare the classical theism (Judaism, Christianity,
Islam) about spirituality positions.

Is it necessary that I inform you which my conclusion is an own initiative for the first time.

Spirituality is not religion ad religiousness:

If you studied history of countries can learned that the most of them has a special religion
or sect. but today the western school and their people has no tend to apply religion word
and its subs. They are preferred to use spirituality. The last statistic which prepared by
James Day at California University at Irvine, shows the most people tries to use spirituality
instead of religions.

According to interviewed which has been made by Clarck roof and his partners after the
World War 2 with more than 100 people, most of them asserted and believed that
spirituality and religiousness are separated.

Based on latest discussion is good talk about religiousness and religions.

My decision-making about religiousness is:

Juridical Religiousness ( Fighh)

The main role in this religiousness is jurisprudence (fighh) and the followers just attended
to jurisprudence and its book, and their authors.

Because in this method of prayer

The individual aspect is powerful therefore we can find the weakest point of this method
and path and with out any hesitate this path is not true and straight.

Ethical Religiousness:

This kind is a new combination from juridical books and sanctions + conscience, Ethic and
humanization. Whereas I am a Muslim man let’s show you the real and ethical
religiousness from PropheMuhammad (PBUH) point of views.

(According to Behar- Al- Anvar)

A) Faithfully

b) Kindly

c) Marriage

d) Self- confidence

e) Patience

f) Smelling

g) Purification

And ….

Spirituality is not Mysticism:

At first we should divide mysticism to 4 parts:

1: Positivism Mysticism: Ibn-e- Sina was one of the followers of this method (Al Esharat-
Tanbihat)

2: Negativism Mysticism: which are so harmful for young and non- experiential people?

3: Theorical Mysticism:

Which just we learned and collected a lot of discussions and we noted them in our mind
and this method is not complete.

4: Practical Mysticism:

We discussed this subject at the below domains:

Veda Medicine

Yoga

T.M

Tibetan Mysticism.

Ayurveda
Difference between Spirituality and humanist psychologist theories:

Abraham Mazlo

Karl. G. Young

Erich froume

We explained this part from 3 psychologist point of view/

Abraham Mazlo

Karl. G. Young

Erich froume

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