Perspectives on Spiritual Intelligence Routledge Science and Religion Series

The topic of intelligence involves questions that cut deep into ultimate concerns and human identity, and the study of intelligence is an ideal ground for dialogue between science and religion. This volume investigates the notion of spiritual intelligence from a variety of perspectives, bringing together contributions from theology, computer science, linguistics, psychology, biology, and cognitive science. It defines spiritual intelligence as ?processing things differently, not processing different things? and aims to describe it in naturalistic terms. Spiritual intelligence is not regarded as a separate mental module or a magical ability to interact with the supernatural but rather as a specific, more spiritual way of engagement with reality, which has observable cognitive, phenomenal, and linguistic characteristics. The book is valuable reading for those working at the interface between science and spirituality.

Part I: The concept of “spiritual intelligence”

1 Spiritual intelligence: Editorial introduction

Marius Dorobantu and Fraser Watts

2 Cognitive processing in spiritual intelligence

Fraser Watts

3 Participatory spiritual intelligence: A theological perspective

Jordan Joseph Wales

Part II: Computational approaches

4 Cognitive modelling of spiritual practices

Vanessa Mathews and Fraser Watts

5 A social and computational perspective on spiritual intelligence

William F. Clocksin

6 Spiritual and artificial intelligence

Marius Dorobantu

Part III: Diverse intelligences

7 A biological perspective on spiritual intelligence

Michael J. Reiss

8 Spiritual intelligence in persons with intellectual disabilities

Michiel Bouman

9 Practical spiritual intelligence: Integrative complexity

Sara Savage

Part IV: Linguistic aspects

10 Metaphorical semantics in spiritual intelligence

Nicholas Ostler

11 Language use in spiritual practice

Harris Wiseman

12 Cultural Practice as Spiritual Practice: Margaret Masterman and the return to the Metaphysical Catherine Pickstock)

Part V: Transpersonal aspects

13 Participation in spiritual aspects of reality

Fraser Watts

14 “Spiritual intelligence” and the theology of the spirit

Rowan Williams

15 Spiritual intelligence across religions

Mark Vernon

Marius Dorobantu is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer in Theology and Science at the Vrije University Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Fraser Watts is a Visiting Professor in Psychology and Religion at the University of Lincoln. UK, and the Executive Secretary of the International Society for Science and Religion.