Spirituality vs. Existentialism — What's the Difference?

The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various connotations can be found alongside each other. Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", oriented at "the image of God" as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.

Existentialism ( or ) is a form of philosophical inquiry that explores the problem of human existence and centers on the experience of thinking, feeling, and acting. In the view of the existentialist, the individual's starting point has been called "the existential angst," a sense of dread, disorientation, confusion, or anxiety in the face of an apparently meaningless or absurd world.

The state, quality, or fact of being spiritual.

A philosophy that emphasizes the uniqueness and isolation of the individual experience in a hostile or indifferent universe, regards human existence as unexplainable, and stresses freedom of choice and responsibility for the consequences of one's acts.

A religious belief or manner of pursuing a religious life

A twentieth-century philosophical movement emphasizing the uniqueness of each human existence in freely making its self-defining choices.

The clergy.

The philosophical views of a particular thinker associated with the existentialist movement.

Often spiritualities Something, such as property or revenue, that belongs to the church or to a cleric.

A philosophical theory or attitude having various interpretations, generally emphasising the existence of the individual as a unique agent with free will and responsibility for his or her own acts, though living in a universe devoid of any certain knowledge of right and wrong; from one's plight as a free agent with uncertain guidelines may arise feelings of anguish. Existentialism is concerned more with concrete existence rather than abstract theories of essences; is contrasted with rationalism and empiricism; and is associated with Kierkegaard, Heidegger and Sartre, as well as others.

The quality or state of being spiritual.

(philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves

Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.

Appreciation for religious values.

(obsolete) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.

(obsolete) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.

The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.

That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.

An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.

Property or income owned by a church

Concern with things of the spirit