This was the observation made by Professor Kieran Flanagan who edited the compendium: "A Sociology of Spirituality".
At least the good news is that science is making a start in coming to grips with human spirituality.
One assumes our biggest advances will come from SBNR (Spiritual But Not Religious) scientists since they are less constrained by religious baggage, dogma, sectarianism, divided loyalties, conflict-of-interest and other impediments.