Is Spirituality an Indicator of Human Flourishing?
What does it mean to live well? To be truly healthy? To thrive? Researchers and clinicians have typically answered these questions by focusing on the presence or absence of various pathologies: disease, family disfunction, mental illness, or criminal behavior. But...
Multidimensional Measurement of Religiousness/Spirituality for Use in Health Research
This publication is the product of a national working group that examined key dimensions of religiousness/spirituality as they relate to physical and mental health outcomes. Its 12 papers include brief literature reviews, recommended instruments, and bibliographies for each of the...
We Need Whole Child Development to Help Children Recover from the Pandemic
More than two years into a global pandemic we continue to witness the effects of the Coronavirus, and one of the groups that has suffered most is children. At the pandemic's peak, more than 1.5 billion children worldwide were out...
Decades of Chronicling Spirituality in Everyday Life
I have been so inspired by the lives and work of Frederic and Mary Ann (whom I have come to know through my work as a program officer at Fetzer) for "tracking down the sacred in the nooks and crannies...
A Story of Spirituality Today
Just a few weeks before COVID-19 became a global reality and a focus of our daily lives, our teams at Fetzer and Hattaway Communications received the last of the 3,600 responses to our national survey on spirituality and civic life....
All Our Relations: A Reflection on Lakota Spirituality
An interview with Siniti and Victoria Oneda by Fetzer Institute Program Officer Chelsea Langston Bombino. And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight,...
Where Faith Meets Medicine: Reclaiming Dignity Through Sacred Listening in Maharashtra
What Does Spirituality Mean to Us? A Study of Spirituality in the United States
Earlier this year, our partners at NORC at the University of Chicago shared with us that they’d received the last of the 3,600 responses to our national survey on spirituality and civic life. With excitement and anticipation, we and our...
Sacrality Practice: Spirituality and Civic Action
Spirituality compels people to engage in action and activities tied to creating a better nation and world—and helps sustain action. —Rev. Adam Russel Taylor, Executive Director, Sojourners and “What Does Spirituality Mean to Us?” advisor Our spirituality study, “What Does...
Sacrality Practice: Feeling Spiritual
Our free, downloadable “Guide to Exploring Spirituality & Civic Life” includes key findings from “What Does Spirituality Mean to Us? A Study of Spirituality in the US,” related activities, questions, and actions to help you explore your own spirituality and...