The Plausibility of Spiritual Intelligence: Spiritual Experience, Problem Solving and Neural Sites

Autor/in	Hyde, Brendan
Titel	The Plausibility of Spiritual Intelligence: Spiritual Experience, Problem Solving and Neural Sites
Quelle	In: International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 9 (2004) 1, S.39-52 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1364-436X
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Intelligence; Problem Solving; Brain; Religious Factors; Foreign Countries; Spiritual Development; Religious Education; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenz; Klugheit; Problemlösen; Gehirn; Ausland; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Australien
Abstract	Australian teachers in Church related schools have begun to use the term "spiritual intelligence" in their educational discourse. Is it accurate to describe spirituality as a form of intelligence? This paper explores whether the notion of spiritual intelligence is plausible. It addresses this firstly by discussing the notion of spiritual experience as a mechanism for problem solving--one of the central themes that underlies the concept of intelligence. Secondly, it examines some of the neural sites of the human brain that have been found to be active in those who apperceive spiritual experience. In light of this discussion, this paper argues that although some concerns prevail in considering spirituality as a form of intelligence, the concept of spiritual intelligence may nonetheless be rendered as plausible. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10