Science, Spirituality, and Religion have separate, yet complementary, functions to fulfill in the service of mankind. Historically though, there have been unpleasant confrontations between Science and Religion, often due to confused thinking about their purport. Further adding to the confusion has been the tendency to assume that Spirituality and Religion are one and the same. At the Third SSEASR Conference, as a part of this paper, I will be discussing the relationship between spirituality and religion on one hand, and science and spirituality on the other. This paper shows that Spirituality does not conflict with Science and indeed Spirituality is itself a science. To the extent religions of the world emphasize the spiritual truths on which they are founded, there will be less occasion for conflict between religion and science or between religions.

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