He was, of course, an atheist, but you do not have to be religious to be spiritual.

他当然是一个无神论者，但你要成为一个具有精神气质的人，不一定要信教。

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The growth is not because people are less likely to identify as religious, but because nonreligious people are more likely to say they are spiritual, says Duke sociologist Mark Chaves.

“这种现象不是因为人们不愿意自认为宗教信仰者，而是因为无宗教信仰的人更愿意说他们有精神信仰。 ”DUKE社会学家马克·凯文斯说。

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Confucian sacrifice is not only a religious ceremony, but what it conforms is a sort of cultural tradition after Confucius, spiritual essence of an academy as well as its scholars.

儒家的祭祀不仅是一种类宗教仪式，而且它所确立的是自孔子以来的文化道统，是一个书院及其士人的精神命脉。

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Oliver Burkeman, author of The Antidote, says the phrase "spiritual but not religious" has become a bit of a joke.

BBC: Spiritual, but not religious