A Comparative Analysis of the Characteristics of Spirituality in the reappearance age and modern age

The issue of the need for religion is as old as mankind history. In the researches of sociologists and anthropologists it has been proven that during the course of history not a single nation among all nations of mankind with no religion can be found. The secret behind this matter is that human beings have religious nature and their identity in the context of creation is ingrained with religion. Religion has many characteristics and components. The most important one is the subject of spirituality. Religiousness is associated with spirituality and there is a complete concomitance between them. The main feature of the reappearance times and "Mahdian” (Mahdawi) government with regard to the rule of religion will be spiritual life. Meaning, spirituality is the essential element in “Mahdian” rule. Is it possible to speak of spirituality without religion? Meaning, that man can be spiritual without having to adhere to divine religions. In modern times, following some issues that were shaped for human beings in various scientific, political, cultural, philosophical, and social fields, religion and faith also declined and deteriorated in a way, and religion-centered attitudes and tendencies weakened. But due to the innate nature of the issue of spirituality, mankind found the solution to this matter in replacing religious spirituality with “spirituality minus religion”. Therefore, in today’s world, there is talk about white spirituality and/or spirituality minus religion. In this research, through a comparative study between modern spiritualties and the spirituality of reappearance times, the basic and fundamental difference of these two spiritualities will be mentioned.