Religion & Spirituality
The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes spiritual health as one of four dimensions to well-being. Within the diverse student population at CMU, a multitude of worldviews and perspectives along the continuum of religion and spirituality are represented, including worldviews and perspectives not aligned with declared spiritual or religious worldviews.
At CaPS, we recognize how different religious and spiritual beliefs and perspectives can be important dimensions to identity and lived experience, and how engagement with these traditions can change when one is engaged in a rigorous academic journey. We also appreciate how matters of religion and spirituality intersect with mental health as potential sources of both psychological resilience and psychological stress. CaPS strives to provide interculturally responsive clinical services and collaborates with campus partners to support students from diverse spiritual and religious backgrounds.
Religion & Spirituality Resources
- CMU Student Affairs Religious and Spiritual Life Initiatives - Support and resources for all students along the spectrum of religious and spiritual practice and exploration
- Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC) - A non-profit established by Eboo Patel that supports interfaith cooperation as a social norm
- The Mental Health Benefits of Religion and Spirituality - An article from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) on the psychological benefits of religion and spirituality
- Spirituality and Mental Health - An article from the UK based Royal College of Psychiatrists on the intersection of spirituality and mental health
- Division or Pluralism? Centering Faith and Spirituality in Diversity Efforts on College Campuses - A HigherEdJobs article exploring the facilitation of multiple faith-based and spiritual perspectives on college campuses
- The Pluralism Project - Established by Professor Diana Eck, the project examines the changing pluralist, religious and spiritual landscape of the United States and explores interfaith exchanges