Spiritual but Not Religious? Why Spiritual Wellness Does Not Depend on Your Beliefs
February 10th, 2020
By Nikki Harper
Staff Writer for Wake Up World
What was on your New Year resolution list as 2020 arrived? Exercise more? Eat better? Lose weight? Travel? Sure – but would it surprise you to know that for 28% of Americans, a key resolution was to ‘focus on spiritual growth’? [1] And with more and more people identifying as spiritual but not religious, the spiritual growth many of these people had in mind probably has little to do with organized religion or scripture. So, who is it that thinks of themselves as spiritual but not religious, and what does that actually mean?
If you identify as spiritual but not religious, you’ve got plenty of company. The latest available figures are from 2017 and show that 27% of American adults surveyed answered ‘no’ to being asked if they were religious, but ‘yes’ to being asked if they were spiritual [2]. This was an increase of eight percentage points from five years previously, and the increase appears to have been broad-based, occurring across genders, ages, ethnicities, educational levels and political beliefs.
A closer look at the statistics shows some interesting points [3]:
- 69% of this group said they seldom or never attend religious services
- 76% seldom or never attend prayer, scripture or religious study groups
- 62% of this group do not believe that scripture is the word of god
- And 50% say that right and wrong are determined by common sense rather than by scripture or religious belief
- However, 58% meditate at least once a week
- 68% feel a sense of spiritual awe or wonder at least once a week
- And 73% report feeling spiritual peace and wellbeing at least once a week
Clearly, according to these statistics, one does not need a religious belief in order to feel spiritually well.
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