Engaged Spirituality: Social Change and American Religion

"Religion" and "spirituality" are often thought to occupy two separate realms of a person's existence with "religion" understood as a social, collective, and institutionally-based phenomena. "Spirituality," on the other hand, is often thought to occupy a more ephemeral and individual domain that borrows from a variety of religious traditions. While scholars have long recognized the importance that religion and religious organizations have played in social activism, they have typically seen spirituality as a private matter with few practical implications.Gregory C. Stanczak is the author of 'Engaged Spirituality: Social Change and American Religion', published 2006 under ISBN 9780813538365 and ISBN 081353836X.