• Introduction


• Part I: What it Is


• Chapter 1: Spirit in Motion


• Chapter 2: The Spiritual Path


• Chapter 3: Spirituality in Religious Tradition


• Chapter 4: How Spirituality Became Modern


• Chapter 5: Spiritual but Not Religious


• Chapter 6: Practice, Practice, Practice


• Chapter 7: Why Now?


• Part II: Why it Matters


• Chapter 8: Spirituality and Healing


• Chapter 9: Spirituality and Nature


• Chapter 10: Spirituality and Politics


• Part III: End/Beginning


• Chapter 11: Grace and Despair


• Acknowledgements


• Notes


• Index

Professor of Philosophy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Roger S. Gottlieb provides a lucid and accessible overview of what spirituality is, enabling a clear-eyed understanding of the concept, its manifold connections to other aspects of personal and social life, its role as a positive psychological and social phenomenon, and some of the risks that attend it.