N121 - Jan 22
New spiritualtiesContrary to popular belief, secularisation has not led to a loss of spirituality. Religions have declined, but at the same time new ways of nurturing the inner world have emerged, which are plural, open and come with different philosophical narratives. What does this unexpected phenomenon contribute to people’s fulfilment and well-being?
DossierNew spiritualties
New spiritualtiesNurturing the inner world
Among the major cultural changes that are taking place in contemporary societies is an unexpected phenomenon: the emergence of a new spirituality, often detached from...
New spiritualtiesSpirituality: Beyond fashions
Religion is declining while spirituality is growing. The social sciences had not foreseen this phenomenon but it is reflected in the polls: 48.1% of the adult...
New spiritualtiesThe spirit, an emerging intangible element
In the current context of cultural and religious plurality we are witnessing something unexpected: a resurgence of the spiritual dimension. As we mature, so do our...
New spiritualtiesJosep Maria Esquirol’s combative spirituality
Josep Maria Esquirol’s philosophy of proximity is based on the description of the constitutive experiences of the human condition and gives us an...
New spiritualtiesWhen a person is at the end of the world, do they disappear?
Beyond the current trend of spirituality, profound issues need to be present in the education of the new generations. The key to spirituality in schools is enabling...
New spiritualtiesHow spirituality became intertwined with health
While medieval theologies considered body torture as an optimal means for spiritual growth, today contemporary spirituality has progressively incorporated values such...
New spiritualtiesThe mystical-esoteric nebula: between neoliberalism and self-help culture
Popular culture is overflowing with discourses with religious undercurrents, such as mindfulness or new-age products, which promise to make us more productive,...
Other contents
“Dancing is inhabiting the body with emotion and the mind”
Cesc Gelabert
At 68, Cesc Gelabert still dances and boasts the same impeccable figure he had when he began to move on the Barcelona scene in the 1970s. He would have liked to be...
How can we deal with a complex emergency?
The health and social emergency triggered by the COVID-19 crisis has represented a major challenge for municipal government administration in Barcelona. The City...
The biggest challenge
When the pandemic broke out, the municipal government administration became mindful of the complexity of the emergency and took on a two-fold challenge: keep all...
The housing crisis
Being able to access decent housing is a basic right recognised in both the Spanish Constitution and the Statute of Autonomy. In Barcelona, the historic lack of...
Portraying the world before changing it
Patrick Radden Keefe believes in the journalism that tirelessly seeks the truth to dig deeper and make information the first step in transforming the world. In a...
Cultural poverty
There is a major challenge that is at risk of being overshadowed by climate change or gender equality: that of poverty and hunger. We shall discuss green culture or...
The art of dissent: the price of freedom
Today we wonder whether dissent can still be exercised in a culture subsidised and domesticated by the official discourse of institutions. Is it feasible today to...
“Languages that are in a bell jar do not evolve”
Teresa Cabré
The linguist and philologist Maria Teresa Cabré i Castellví (L’Argentera, 1947) was elected president of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans [IEC, Institute for Catalan...
A new boost for contemporary art
The circuit of public amenities dedicated to promoting the visual arts in Barcelona has widened and has been given renewed impetus with generational changes in their...
Antonio Machado in Barcelona
Barcelona meant a lot to Antonio Machado, who arrived in the city in April 1938 with some family members. Testimony to those days lie in his numerous contentious...
A former liberal puts the left under the magnifying glass
In his book Els salaris de la ira [Wages of Wrath], Miquel Puig opens the debate on workers’ wages, stagnant for decades. According to his theory, the...
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