Abi Millar: ‘The Spirituality Gap: Searching for Meaning in a Secular Age’

Fri Nov 07 2025 at 02:30 pm to 03:30 pm UTC+00:00

Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh

School of Divinity
Publisher/HostSchool of Divinity
Abi Millar: \u2018The Spirituality Gap: Searching for Meaning in a Secular Age\u2019
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At a time when more and more people in the Western world are moving away from organised religion, what does spirituality look like?
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At a time when more and more people in the Western world are moving away from organised religion, what does spirituality look like? Abi grew up in an evangelical church, but after losing her faith, she found herself searching for meaning elsewhere. In ‘The Spirituality Gap’, she immerses herself in twelve different practices, ranging from ayahuasca to astrology, reiki to raves. Throughout, she asks, how can we embrace ritual in our own lives, even if we are wary of religion?  

 

Abi Millar  

Abi Millar is a freelance journalist and yoga teacher living in London. She has written for publications including Patient, Netdoctor, Vice, New Statesman, UnHerd, Elle UK and many more. Her first book, ‘The Spirituality Gap: Searching for Meaning in a Secular Age’, was published in January 2025.  

https://linktr.ee/abimillarwrites  

 

Chair: Susanna Millar 

Suzanna Millar is a lecturer in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at the University of Edinburgh. Her work focusses on the roles and representations of nonhuman animals in the Hebrew Bible and its historical context. Amongst other publications, she is the author of ‘Animals, Power, and Intersectionality in the Books of Samuel’ (OUP, forthcoming) and co-editor of ‘Ask the Animals: Developing a Biblical Animal Hermeneutic’ (SBL 2024).  


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Martin Hall, New College, The University of Edinburgh, Mound Place, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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