Quran and Medicine

Quran and Medicine

Key Features of a Secular Perspective on Spiritual Health within the Framework of Spirituality Studies

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
mohammad baazm 1
abd-alhadi feqhizadeh 2
atefeh zarsazan 3
1 PhD student in Quran and Hadith Sciences, University of Islamic Studies, Qom, Iran
2 Full Professor, Faculty of Theology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 Associate Professor of Quran and Hadith Sciences, University of Islamic Studies, Qom, Iran
Abstract
The indicators of the secular approach to spiritual health are important issues and challenges that can affect the perception of the concept and how spiritual health affects the individual and social life of a person. secular approaches to spiritual health focus on human experiences and needs related to the meaning of life, values, ethics, and connection to self, others, and the world. religious approaches that emphasize religious teachings and beliefs, secular approaches offer a wide range of perspectives and methods to promote spiritual health. In this article, by examining different approaches to spiritual health, while presenting different definitions of this concept from the past to the present, we have examined and analyzed the indicators of the secular approach to spiritual health in three parts: cognitive, secular oriented behaviors, and secular spiritual peace. We have come to the conclusion that due to the serious popularization of the concept of spiritual health based on popular understanding and a secular approach (worldly, personal and not relying on institutional religions) in most cases, the definition of spirituality and its follower, spiritual health, in addition to the fact that it has different foundations; The direction of the functions and their consequences are also not acceptable or may not be acceptable. In this approach, self-centeredness and human-centeredness is the principle and God has no place among their teachings. The goal of these movements is individual transformation and all the efforts of mystics of the new age are aimed at creating a spiritual journey in human existence.
Keywords
secular approach
spiritual health
spirituality
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