Perspectives on Spiritual Intelligence (Routledge Science and Religion Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1032646209 ISBN 13: 9781032646206

Publisher: Routledge, 2025

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Marius Dorobantu is an Assistant Professor of Theology & Artificial Intelligence at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Fraser Watts was formerly Reader in Theology and Science at the University of Cambridge. He is now Executive Secretary of the International Society for Science and Religion and Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln. He is co-editor of the forthcoming Cambridge Companion to Religion and AI.

From the Back Cover

The topic of intelligence involves questions that cut deep into ultimate concerns and human identity, and the study of intelligence is ideal ground for dialogue between science and religion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032646209
• ISBN 13: 9781032646206
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 258
• Editor: Dorobantu Marius, Watts Fraser