In Religious Affects Donovan O. Schaefer challenges the notion that religion is inextricably
linked to language and belief, proposing instead that it is primarily driven by affects. Drawing …

And ecology, too, is complicated. The word itself can refer to a branch of biology, an activist
movement, a generalized complex system, or the local or global non-human world. Even if …

Historically, grief and spirituality have been jealously guarded as uniquely human
experiences. Although non-human animal grief has been acknowledged in recent times, its …

Recent discussions about other-than-human agency and relationality across species and
lifeforms are closely tied to theoretical reconsiderations within, and beyond, the humanities …

Introduction to Transpersonal Psychology: Bridging Spirit and Science provides an
accessible and engaging introduction to this complex and evolving field. Adopting a modular …

The case of King Nebuchadnezzar's animal episode in Daniel 4 has typically been read in
ways that pathologize animality. I argue, however, that the Hebrew Bible demonstrates at …

Catholic philosophical anthropologists have defended views of the human person on which
we are irreducible to anything non-personal. For example, it is not the case that we are …

This is the first part of a two-part article that presents the theoretical and empirical case for
nonhuman animal (hereafter,'animal') spirituality. Part 1 discusses the relevance of …

Western scholars and other commentators have rarely considered nonhuman animals to
have the capacity for spirituality. The tendency to coalesce spirituality with religion and to …

Anthropological engagements with nonhuman animals in religious contexts have tended to
focus on animals either as sacrificial offerings, whose physical bodies are consumed by …