These Terms of Use govern your access to Spiritual Culture at https://spiritualculture.org/. By using the website, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.
1. Educational and editorial purpose
Spiritual Culture publishes general educational and editorial material about religion, belief, history, tradition, and culture. Content is provided for information and discussion. It is not an official statement from any faith, denomination, religious institution, cultural community, or public authority unless an article expressly says so.
Descriptions of a belief or practice do not imply endorsement. Traditions are internally diverse, and an article may not represent every interpretation, region, school, or community.
2. AI-assisted content
Generative AI may assist with research discovery, outlines, drafts, summaries, translation, or images. AI output can be incomplete, inaccurate, or biased. We do not guarantee that AI-assisted material is error-free, and readers should verify important claims with reliable primary or scholarly sources.
3. Accuracy, updates, and corrections
We aim to publish useful and respectful information, but we do not promise that every item is complete, current, or free from error. Historical interpretations, transliterations, statistics, practices, and external sources may change or be disputed. We may revise, correct, or remove content at any time without notice.
You may report a material error by emailing the address at the end of these terms and including the article URL and supporting source.
4. No professional or pastoral advice
The website does not provide medical, mental health, legal, financial, safety, emergency, or individualized pastoral advice. Do not rely on an article as a substitute for a qualified professional, an appropriate local authority, or a trusted leader within the relevant tradition.
5. Copyright and permitted use
Unless otherwise stated, the original text, design, branding, and arrangement of material on this website are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. Third-party quotations, images, trademarks, and embedded media remain the property of their respective owners.
You may link to our public pages and quote limited portions for commentary, teaching, or other uses allowed by law when you provide clear attribution and a link to the source. You may not republish complete articles, systematically copy the website, remove attribution, sell our content, or use our branding in a way that suggests affiliation without prior written permission.
6. Comments and other submissions
If comments or other submission features are available, you retain ownership of your contribution. By submitting it, you give Spiritual Culture a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, reproduce, and moderate it as needed to operate and promote the relevant discussion.
You are responsible for what you submit and confirm that you have the necessary rights to do so. Do not post unlawful material, threats, harassment, hate directed at protected groups, impersonation, spam, malware, private personal information, or content that infringes another person's rights. We may edit, refuse, close, or remove submissions at our discretion.
7. Acceptable use
You may not interfere with the website, bypass security or access controls, probe for vulnerabilities without written permission, overload the service, collect personal data from other users, introduce malicious code, or use automated systems in a way that harms the website or violates applicable law.
8. External links, advertising, and embeds
Articles may link to or embed material from third-party websites, and the website may display advertising. Those services have their own content, terms, and privacy practices. A link, embed, or advertisement does not necessarily mean that Spiritual Culture endorses the provider or its claims. We are not responsible for third-party availability, security, or conduct.
9. Disclaimer of warranties
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the website and its content are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. We do not guarantee uninterrupted access, security, accuracy, fitness for a particular purpose, or that the website will be free of harmful components.
10. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Spiritual Culture and its operators will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive losses arising from your use of or inability to use the website, your reliance on its content, or your interaction with a third-party service. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded.
11. Suspension and changes to these terms
We may restrict access to the website or particular features when reasonably necessary for security, maintenance, legal compliance, or enforcement of these terms. We may also update these terms. The effective date at the top will change when a revised version is published, and continued use after publication means the revised terms apply.
12. General terms and contact
If a provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue to apply. A delay in enforcing a provision is not a waiver of the right to enforce it later.
Questions, correction notices, and rights requests may be sent to contact@spiritualculture.org.