The Enchanting Dream of “Spiritual Capital”
Montemaggi, Francesca
Montemaggi, Francesca
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Spiritual capital has gained prominence in the past decade as the social capital of faith based organizations (FBOs). In a previous issue of Implicit Religion, Chris Baker and Jonathan Miles-Watson, of the William Temple Foundation (WTF), presented an exhaustive review of the relevant literature on social capital and spiritual capital, and proposed a notion of spiritual capital that includes religious culture motivating social action (Baker and Miles-Watson 2010). This interpretation has transformed the original notion of spiritual capital into a normative concept that seeks to celebrate spirituality rather than understand it. This paper presents a critical reflection on the implications of such an approach and argues for the differentiation and analysis of religious phenomena.
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2011-05-25
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https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/IR/article/view/10823/8015
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/IR/article/view/10823
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EQUINOX-10.1558/imre.v14i1.67
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/IR/article/view/10823
ISSN-ELECT-17431697
EQUINOX-10.1558/imre.v14i1.67
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10.1558/imre.v14i1.67
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Copyright 2011 Equinox Publishing