The Spirituality of Friendship

Abstract

Spirituality is something of a buzz word. As Jeremy Carrette and Richard King argue in Selling Spirituality: the Silent Takeover of Religion, it is a concept that, first, has become highly individualised — it’s about ‘me’ and ‘my’ quality of life — and, second, has been adopted by organisations from car manufacturers to art galleries, with churches laying claim somewhere in between, whose primary aim is commercial — increasing audiences and shifting products.

Of the things which wisdom provides for the blessedness of one’s whole life, by far the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Epicurus