spiritual communities
Groups seeking transcendence
Spiritual communities are groups united by shared religious beliefs, practices, or pursuit of transcendence.
The term encompasses traditional congregations, monasteries, ashrams, and newer formations like meditation circles or intentional communities organized around spiritual principles.
She found support in her spiritual community after the divorce.
The phrase often implies deeper connection than casual church attendance—members typically share rituals, values, and mutual care.
- eco-villageEnvironmentally designed intentional community
- ashramHindu spiritual retreat
- mosqueIslamic house of worship
- churchPlace of Christian worship
- retreat centerFacility for restorative stays
synagogue · temple · house of worship · sect · sacred space · monastery · sangha · meditation circle · parish · zendo · congregation · shrine · convent · religious order · monastic life · kibbutz · cathedral · meetinghouse
- Communescommunes, kibbutz, Hutterites, ecovillage, collective living
- self-helpself-help, self-help books, advice, self-improvement, personal development
- planned communitiesplanned towns, subdivision, new towns, model villages, garden cities
- utopiasUtopia, Plato's Republic, ideal society, paradise, Eden
- cult awarenesscults, deprogramming, brainwashing, mind control, coercive control
spiritual communitiesprofessional associations
Groups organized by occupation
trade unions · civic groups · business networks · social clubs · civic associations
spiritual communitiescommercial enterprises
For-profit organizations
corporations · corporate culture · investment clubs · chambers of commerce
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