Spiritual Intelligence: Processing "Different" Information or Processing Information "Differently"?

This article introduces the concept of spiritual intelligence in terms of a natural human ability to take a different perspective on reality rather than an extraordinary ability to engage with a different/supernatural reality. From a cognitive perspective, spiritual intelligence entails a re-balanci...

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Published in:Zygon
Subtitles:"Information and Reality: Contributions from the Science and Religion Forum"
Authors: Dorobantu, Marius (Author) ; Watts, Fraser N. 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
In: Zygon
Further subjects:B Spiritual Intelligence
B Spirituality
B cognitive architecture
B interacting cognitive subsystems
B dual cognition
B psychology of religion
B Theological Anthropology
B Rowan Williams
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Summary:This article introduces the concept of spiritual intelligence in terms of a natural human ability to take a different perspective on reality rather than an extraordinary ability to engage with a different/supernatural reality. From a cognitive perspective, spiritual intelligence entails a re-balancing of the two main modes of human cognition, with a prioritization of the holistic-intuitive mind over the conceptual one. From the psychological and phenomenological perspectives, it involves a different kind of engagement with information: slower, more participatory, less objectifying, and not focused entirely on problem solving. The article ends with a reflection on the theological implications of the proposed model and how such an account of spiritual intelligence as knowing differently might relate to theological anthropology and the theology of the spirit and the spiritual.
Information and Reality: Contributions fromthe Science and Religion Forum with Finley I. Lawson, "The Science and Religion Forum Discuss Information and Reality: Questions for Religions and Science"; Niels Henrik Gregersen, '"The God with Clay': The Idea of Deep Incarnation and the Informational Universe", Michael Burdett and King-Ho Leung, "The Machine in the Ghost: Transhumanism and the Ontology ofInformation"; Marius Dorobantu and Fraser Watts, "Spiritual Intelligence: Processing Different Information or Processing Information Differently?";Matthew Kuan Johnson and Rachel Siow Robertson, "A Co-Liberatory Framework for Big Data"; Peter M. Phillips, "Digital Theology and a Potential Theological Approach to a Metaphysics ofInformation"; and Andrew Jackson, "Peacocke Prize Essay - Towards an Eastern Orthodox Contemplation of Evolution: Maximus the Confessor's Vision of the Phylogenetic Logoi".
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12884