Organizations
Harvard Human Flourishing Program
Parliament of the Worlds Religions
United Religions Initiative
California Institute of Integral Studies:
Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health at Duke University
The Pluralism Project at Harvard University
Religion, Spirituality, and Health Scientific Interest Group at the National Institutes of Health
Society for Spirituality and Social Work
Spiritual Directors International
Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College Columbia University
Religica Theolab
International Network for the Study of Spirituality
The Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE)
Spirituality Special Interest Group, Huddersfield University
Scientific and Medical Network
Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group (SPSIG)
Perspectiva
Research Institute for Spirituality and Health
The Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics
Mindfulness Without Borders
Greater Good Science Center
Yale Center for Faith & Culture
Parliament of the Worlds Religions
United Religions Initiative
California Institute of Integral Studies:
Center for Spirituality, Theology, and Health at Duke University
The Pluralism Project at Harvard University
Religion, Spirituality, and Health Scientific Interest Group at the National Institutes of Health
Society for Spirituality and Social Work
Spiritual Directors International
Spirituality Mind Body Institute at Teachers College Columbia University
Religica Theolab
International Network for the Study of Spirituality
The Spirituality Institute for Research and Education (SpIRE)
Spirituality Special Interest Group, Huddersfield University
Scientific and Medical Network
Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group (SPSIG)
Perspectiva
Research Institute for Spirituality and Health
The Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics
Mindfulness Without Borders
Greater Good Science Center
Yale Center for Faith & Culture
Journals
The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society
Journal of Spirituality Studies
Spiritus: Journal of Christian Spirituality
Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care
Studies in Spirituality, Titus Brandsma Institute (Nijmegen)
Friends Quaker Journal
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging
Journal of Religion and Health
International Journal of Children's Spirituality
Journal of Spirituality Studies
Spiritus: Journal of Christian Spirituality
Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care
Studies in Spirituality, Titus Brandsma Institute (Nijmegen)
Friends Quaker Journal
Psychology of Religion and Spirituality
Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging
Journal of Religion and Health
International Journal of Children's Spirituality
Recommended reading
Ahmed, S. (2010) The Promise of Happiness. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Ambler, G. M. Anstey, T. McCall, and M. White, eds.(2017 ), Flourishing in Faith: Theology Encountering Positive Psychology. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock.
Armstrong, K. (2011). Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Baumeister, R. (1991) Meanings of Life. New York: The Guilford Press, 1991.
Briggs, A and Reiss, M (2021) Human Flourishing: Scientific insight and spiritual wisdom in uncertain times OUP Oxford.
Charry, E. (2010) God and the Art of Happiness. Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2010.
Chodron, P. (2012) Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change. Boston: Shambala Publications.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1993). The evolving self. New York: HarperCollins.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996). Creativity: Flow and the psychology of discovery and invention. New York: HarperCollins.
Estes, N., Krawek, P. (2022) Becoming Kin : An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future. Broadleaf Books.
Frankl, V.E. (2000) Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning. New York: Basic Books.
Freire, Atawallpa Oviedo (2023) Good Living (Vitalism), Alteridad Editores.
Gill, S., Thomson, G., eds. (2021). Redefining Religious Education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Griffith, J.L. (2010) Religion that Heals, Religion that Harms: A Guide for Clinical Practice. New York: Guilford Press.
Haidt, J. (2006). The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom. New York: Basic Books.
Hunsinger, D. (1995) Theology and Pastoral Counseling: A New Interdisciplinary Approach. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Jones, S. (2009)Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured Words. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.
Kabat-Zinn, J. (2009). Full Catastrophe Living. 15th Anniversary Ed. New York: Delta Trade.
Kehoe, N. (2009) Wrestling with Our Inner Angels: Faith, Mental Illness, and the Journey Toward Wholeness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Kirkpatrick, L. A. Attachment, Evolution, and the Psychology of Religion, (New York: Guilford, 2005).
Kimmere, R. W. (2020) Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. New York: Penguin Books.
Koening, H.G. (2008) Medicine, Religion, and Health: Where Science and Spirituality Meet. West Conshohocke, PA: Templeton Foundation Press.
Kripal, J.K. (2022) The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities University of Chicago Press.
Leeming, D.A., ed. (2013). Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. New York: Springer Press.
McIntosh, M. (1998) Mystical Theology. London: Blackwell, 1998.
McGinn, B. (2004) The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, vol. 1. New York: Crossroad.
McGilchrist, I (2021) The Sense of the Sacred, The Matter with Things, Perspectiva Press.
Miller, L. J., ed. (2012) Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality. New York: Oxford University Press USA.
Miller, L. J. (2021), The Awakened Brain: The Psychology of Spirituality and Our Search for Meaning, Penguin.
Miller, W.R. & C’de Baca, J. (2001). Quantum Change: When Epiphanies and Sudden Insights Transform Ordinary Lives. New York: Guilford Press.
Moore. T. (2002) The Soul’s Religion: Cultivating a Profoundly Spiritual Way of Life. New York: Perennial.
Newberg, A., D’Aquili, E., Rause, V. (2002) Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief. New York: Ballantine Books.
Pargament, K.I. (2007) Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Understanding and Addressing the Sacred. New York: Guilford.
Plante, T.G. & Sherman, A.C., Eds. (2001) Faith and Health: Psychological Perspectives. New York: Guilford Press.
Richards, P.S. & Bergin, A.E. (2005) A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and Psychotherapy, 2nd edition. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Rosenthal, N.E. (2013) The Gift of Adversity: The Unexpected Benefits of Life’s Difficulties, Setbacks, and Imperfections. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin.
Schermer, V.L. (2003) Spirit and Psyche: A New Paradigm for Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Psychotherapy. New York: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Seligman, M. E. P. (1991). Learned optimism. New York: Random House.
Siegal, D.J. (2010) The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician’s Guide to Mindsight and Neural Intergration. New York: W.W. Norton.
Sperry, L. & Shafarnske, E.P. (2004). Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Strawn, B., ed. (2012) The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness: What the Old and New Testaments Teach us about the Good Life. Oxford, OUP.
Volf, M. and J. Crisp (2015) Joy and Human Flourishing: Essays on Theology, Culture and the Good Life. Minnesota: Fortress Press.
Volf, M. and Croasmun, M. (2019) For the Life of the World: Theology That Makes A Difference. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press.
Topa, W, Narvaez, D (2022) Restoring the Kinship Worldview - Indigenous Voices: 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth, North Atlantic Books.
Wilber, K. (2000). Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy. Boston: Shambala Publications.
Weil, S. (2009) Waiting for God (Trans. E. Craufrod). London: Harper Perennial.
Zahl, S. (2020) The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience. Oxford: OUP. Spiritual Teachings To learn more about the teachings of the world’s wisdom traditions and their sacre
Ambler, G. M. Anstey, T. McCall, and M. White, eds.(2017 ), Flourishing in Faith: Theology Encountering Positive Psychology. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock.
Armstrong, K. (2011). Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Baumeister, R. (1991) Meanings of Life. New York: The Guilford Press, 1991.
Briggs, A and Reiss, M (2021) Human Flourishing: Scientific insight and spiritual wisdom in uncertain times OUP Oxford.
Charry, E. (2010) God and the Art of Happiness. Cambridge: Eerdmans, 2010.
Chodron, P. (2012) Living Beautifully: with Uncertainty and Change. Boston: Shambala Publications.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1993). The evolving self. New York: HarperCollins.
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996). Creativity: Flow and the psychology of discovery and invention. New York: HarperCollins.
Estes, N., Krawek, P. (2022) Becoming Kin : An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future. Broadleaf Books.
Frankl, V.E. (2000) Man’s Search for Ultimate Meaning. New York: Basic Books.
Freire, Atawallpa Oviedo (2023) Good Living (Vitalism), Alteridad Editores.
Gill, S., Thomson, G., eds. (2021). Redefining Religious Education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Griffith, J.L. (2010) Religion that Heals, Religion that Harms: A Guide for Clinical Practice. New York: Guilford Press.
Haidt, J. (2006). The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom. New York: Basic Books.
Hunsinger, D. (1995) Theology and Pastoral Counseling: A New Interdisciplinary Approach. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Jones, S. (2009)Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured Words. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2009.
Kabat-Zinn, J. (2009). Full Catastrophe Living. 15th Anniversary Ed. New York: Delta Trade.
Kehoe, N. (2009) Wrestling with Our Inner Angels: Faith, Mental Illness, and the Journey Toward Wholeness. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Kirkpatrick, L. A. Attachment, Evolution, and the Psychology of Religion, (New York: Guilford, 2005).
Kimmere, R. W. (2020) Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. New York: Penguin Books.
Koening, H.G. (2008) Medicine, Religion, and Health: Where Science and Spirituality Meet. West Conshohocke, PA: Templeton Foundation Press.
Kripal, J.K. (2022) The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities University of Chicago Press.
Leeming, D.A., ed. (2013). Encyclopedia of Psychology and Religion. New York: Springer Press.
McIntosh, M. (1998) Mystical Theology. London: Blackwell, 1998.
McGinn, B. (2004) The Presence of God: A History of Western Christian Mysticism, vol. 1. New York: Crossroad.
McGilchrist, I (2021) The Sense of the Sacred, The Matter with Things, Perspectiva Press.
Miller, L. J., ed. (2012) Oxford Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality. New York: Oxford University Press USA.
Miller, L. J. (2021), The Awakened Brain: The Psychology of Spirituality and Our Search for Meaning, Penguin.
Miller, W.R. & C’de Baca, J. (2001). Quantum Change: When Epiphanies and Sudden Insights Transform Ordinary Lives. New York: Guilford Press.
Moore. T. (2002) The Soul’s Religion: Cultivating a Profoundly Spiritual Way of Life. New York: Perennial.
Newberg, A., D’Aquili, E., Rause, V. (2002) Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief. New York: Ballantine Books.
Pargament, K.I. (2007) Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy: Understanding and Addressing the Sacred. New York: Guilford.
Plante, T.G. & Sherman, A.C., Eds. (2001) Faith and Health: Psychological Perspectives. New York: Guilford Press.
Richards, P.S. & Bergin, A.E. (2005) A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and Psychotherapy, 2nd edition. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Rosenthal, N.E. (2013) The Gift of Adversity: The Unexpected Benefits of Life’s Difficulties, Setbacks, and Imperfections. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin.
Schermer, V.L. (2003) Spirit and Psyche: A New Paradigm for Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Psychotherapy. New York: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Seligman, M. E. P. (1991). Learned optimism. New York: Random House.
Siegal, D.J. (2010) The Mindful Therapist: A Clinician’s Guide to Mindsight and Neural Intergration. New York: W.W. Norton.
Sperry, L. & Shafarnske, E.P. (2004). Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Strawn, B., ed. (2012) The Bible and the Pursuit of Happiness: What the Old and New Testaments Teach us about the Good Life. Oxford, OUP.
Volf, M. and J. Crisp (2015) Joy and Human Flourishing: Essays on Theology, Culture and the Good Life. Minnesota: Fortress Press.
Volf, M. and Croasmun, M. (2019) For the Life of the World: Theology That Makes A Difference. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press.
Topa, W, Narvaez, D (2022) Restoring the Kinship Worldview - Indigenous Voices: 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth, North Atlantic Books.
Wilber, K. (2000). Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy. Boston: Shambala Publications.
Weil, S. (2009) Waiting for God (Trans. E. Craufrod). London: Harper Perennial.
Zahl, S. (2020) The Holy Spirit and Christian Experience. Oxford: OUP. Spiritual Teachings To learn more about the teachings of the world’s wisdom traditions and their sacre