ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by making the case of how religion and spirituality can be understood as and actually are two very distinct concepts, even as they are commonly used interchangeably in the literature. It then explores the different ways spirituality has been defined and offers the author’s working definition of spirituality as an innate human potential to be fully present in order to connect with ourselves, with others, and with the greater Other intangible beyond us. The author then further operationalizes this definition of spirituality as a holistic view of development, as an innate human potential, as the ability to connect and relate, and as the process of rediscovering life’s meaning and our purpose as human and spiritual beings.
