title: [Spirituality - Value of the relationship].
abstract: Nowadays, issues of religiosity and spirituality are viewed differently than 50 years ago. Social upheaval, migration and secularization have changed the interpretation of religious meaning but have not made religion obsolete. This article describes the differences between a religious and a secular global view and defines spirituality as attachment to a larger entirety. The resources of spirituality are described and the dangers of fanaticism and fundamentalism should not be neglected. Criteria for healthy belief are compared to religious delusion. In the context of attachment theory and the concept of self-transcendence, the value of spirituality is explained by connectedness and relationship.
authors.affiliation: Evangelische Zentralstelle für Weltanschauungsfragen (EZW), Auguststraße 80, 10117, Berlin, Deutschland. utsch@ezw-berlin.de.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Utsch
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D006262:Health; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D026443:Spiritual Therapies; D013140:Spiritualism
keywords: Delusional disorder; Emigration; Religion; Resource; Spirituality