Religion may involve spirituality, but spirituality does not necessarily involve religion. Here’s how I differentiate (your mileage may vary):
Religion
Relationship with a God or Gods
- Beliefs
- Metaphysical or Supernatural Reality
- Faith
- Dogma
- Ritual
- Prayer
- Salvation
- Eternal reward
Spirituality
Qualities of the Human Spirit
- Love
- Compassion
- Patience
- Tolerance
- Forgiveness
- Sense of Responsibility
- Sense of Harmony
- Things that bring real happiness to ourselves and others
- Contentment
- Joy
I suspect that the spirituality/religion distinction has been overdrawn, particularly in the modern context where the two blur. I have just posted on it. In case you are interested, here is the link. http://deligentia.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/spirituality-and-religion-a-false-dichotomy/
Your article is well-written, but sounds like a semantic issue to me. The distinction that I drew is quite clear.
Thanks for commenting.