Louise Worley agrees with a national study conclusion that young people are drastically changing how they identify with religion.
But not in a way that makes them any less spiritual, she added.
As religious activities coordinator at York College, Worley has overseen faith activities on campus for the past 13 years. Next semester, her Religious Activities Office will change its name to the “spiritual life office.”
“I have found that when you mention the word ‘religion’ to a lot of students … they just tune you out,” Worley said.
To be spiritual is not necessarily Christian spirituality. By itself spirituality tells us nothing.
The problem Christian denominations and churches face is due to the low level of spiritual realization of their members and leaders which, since young people are good at discerning doctrinal flim-flam from true inner knowledge these days, no longer works as an attractant.