spiritual beliefs
Matters of soul
Spiritual beliefs are convictions about the nature of existence, the soul, or a higher power that transcend material or scientific explanation.
The term encompasses religious faith but extends beyond organized religion to include personal philosophies about meaning, consciousness, and the afterlife: Her spiritual beliefs didn't fit any particular tradition.
Often contrasted with purely secular or empirical worldviews.
- PantheismDoctrine equating God with cosmos
- MeditationPractice of focused awareness
- inner peaceMental and emotional tranquility
- ChristianityFaith based on Jesus
- ceremonial dancesFormalized group movements for occasions
Islam · divine intervention · faith healing · Zoroastrianism · Buddhism · rituals · afterlife · old soul · dharma · reincarnation · life after death · Judaism · Humanism · Gnosticism · Sufism · Shinto · Hinduism · Kabbalah
- AfricaEgypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- Indigenous cultureancestors, ancestry, ancestral lands, ancestral lineage, animal totems
- indigenous beliefsshamans, ancestor spirits, nature spirits, sacred rituals, ritual offerings
- Maya mythologyfeathered serpent, rain god, moon goddess, sun god, world tree
- griefgrief, mourning, bereavement, sorrow, grieving
spiritual beliefsscientific knowledge
Facts established through research
empiricism · rationalism · scientific method · materialism · naturalism
spiritual beliefsmaterialism
Prioritizing goods over spirit
atheism · physicalism · secular humanism · godlessness · naturalism
spiritual beliefsskepticism
Disposition toward doubt
disbelief · irreligion · religious doubt · agnosticism · secularism