Re-orienting secular psychology towards psycho-spirituality: Islamic epistemology, heart(felt) healing, and depression as a soul disorder
Cogent Arts and Humanities October 5, 2026 Khaled Al-Kassimi, Layal Hmaidi
Mainstream secular psychology is grounded in an epistemological framework that privileges reason while largely excluding revelation, thereby limiting its capacity to engage the spiritual dimensions of contemporary mental health and socio-political crises. Yet recent decades have witnessed growing scholarly and clinical interest in non-secular epistemologies that affirm the spiritual essence of...