Spiritualism (disambiguation)

Spiritualism refers to a belief in an afterlife, and that spirits of the dead can communicate with the living through a medium. It also refers to the philosophy, doctrine, or religion pertaining to a spiritual aspect of existence. [ [http://www.answers.com/topic/spiritualism] , Spiritualism in Answers.com, retrieved February 14, 2008.]

Spiritualism can also refer to:

;Religion
* Spiritualism, a religious movement that began in the United States and flourished from the 1840s to the 1920s.
* Spiritual Church Movement, a religious movement with primarily African American membership that developed in the United States in parallel with the primarily Caucasian membership Spiritualist churches; individual churches are more likely to be called the Thus-And-So "Spiritual Church" rather than than Thus-And-So "Spiritualist Church". [The Spiritual Churches of New Orleans: Origins, Beliefs, and Rituals of an African-American Religion by Claude F. Jacobs; Andrew J. Kaslow, University of Tennessee Press (November 2001) ISBN 978-1572331488]
* Spiritism, a similar religious movement, established in France in the mid-nineteenth century, often referred to as "Kardecist spiritism" after its founder Allan Kardec, and quite popular in the Caribbean nations.
* Espiritismo, a cultural variation on Spiritism and Spiritualism, popular in Latin American nations, particularly Mexico.

;Philosophy
* Spiritualism (beliefs), describes the belief that spirits of the dead can communicate with the living. [ [http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/159/12/2117-a?etoc] , Religion, Spirituality, and Spiritualism, by Judith A. Sigmund, M.D., retrieved February 16, 2008.]
* Idealism, a Western philosophy pertaining to the idea that matter can be explained by mind but that mind cannot be explained by matter. [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-560495/spiritualism] , Spiritualism (philosophy) in Britannica Online Encyclopedia, retrieved February 16, 2008.]

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