Spirituality vs. Spiritualism — 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.

Spiritualism is a religious movement based on the belief that the spirits of the dead exist and have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living. The afterlife, or the "spirit world", is seen by spiritualists, not as a static place, but as one in which spirits continue to evolve.

The state, quality, or fact of being spiritual.

The belief that the dead communicate with the living, as through a medium.

A religious belief or manner of pursuing a religious life

The practices or doctrines of those holding such a belief.

The clergy.

A philosophy, doctrine, or religion emphasizing the spiritual aspect of being.

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

(philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.

The quality or state of being spiritual.

A belief that the dead communicate with the living, especially through a medium. Used in a broader sense than spiritism/Kardecism.

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

The quality or state of being spiritual.

Appreciation for religious values.

The quality or state of being spiritual.

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

The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul - that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte.

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

A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.

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

(theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God

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

The belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium)

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

Concern with things of the spirit

Property or income owned by a church

Concern with things of the spirit