Scientific and religious comprehension of spirituality

Introduction. The paper considers the problem of spirituality that is learned by representatives of religion and scientists of different areas of scientific knowledge. The special significance of the problem lies in the fact that its correct comprehension helps forming spiritual culture of a person and society. The aim of the study is comparison of understanding of spirituality by representatives of science and religion. Materials and Methods. The following methods were applied: system analysis; abstraction; generalization; theoretical modeling; comparative analysis. Results. The main difference of the views of scientists-materialists and representatives of religion is that scientists consider spirituality as a result of scientific education. In Orthodox Christianity spirituality is comprehended as a result of an action of the Holy Spirit and a work of a person on himself aimed on forming such qualities as faith, hope, love, humility etc. Discussion and Conclusion. Among the representatives of the religion substantial controversies are practically absent whereas among scientists there exist rather heterogeneous views on the problem.