Kate Stockly
Biographic Data
| ID | 884377 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kate Stockly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kate |
| FAMILY NAME | Stockly |
| SIGNATURE | STOCKLY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Center for Mind and Culture in Boston, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5707-7103 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Affect, Effervescence, and the Megachurch Ritual Cycle
Examining the structure of megachurch worship services and reports from church members about what they find compelling about their churches, this chapter explores how megachurch rituals generate and maintain high levels of emotional energy within participants. The megachurch ritual cycle shows how each element of the church organization contributes to the collective effervescent energy that speaks directly to participants' desire for transformati…
Experiences of Divine Bliss, Anger and Evil during the Pandemic: Non-ordinary Experiences during Lockdown
This article illustrates the complexity of non-ordinary experiences during the pandemic, highlighting accounts of three different types of experiences: encounters with divine bliss, anger, and evil. The focus is on four narrative accounts of non-ordinary experiences that were submitted by email in response to a wider research project about religious, spiritual, and otherwise non-ordinary experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The following sec…
The Fruits of Spiritual Experiences during the Pandemic: Covid-19 and the Effects of Non-Ordinary Experiences
This paper presents new research about spiritual experiences during the COVID -19 pandemic. The aim is to discuss the impact of spiritual experiences on people’s lives and relationships. Building upon William James’ four features of the “fruits” of religious experience as a conceptual frame, the paper presents data from two surveys in which participants narrated spiritual experiences and reflected on the impacts of those experiences. We start wit…
Interpreting the rapidly changing landscape of spirit tech
Megachurches as Total Environments
Megachurches must be understood as total environments. By providing programmes for nearly every stage of life, megachurches combine a sense of solidarity with a feeling of dependence. Employing Randall Collins’s theory of interaction ritual chains, this chapter shows that the desire for emotional energy (EE), which is interpreted as the physical manifestation of God’s love, has been embraced by megachurches and is the key to understanding their s…
Women-Centered Rituals and Levels of Domestic Violence: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Ritual as a Signaling and Solidarity-Building Strategy
Prior research indicates that ritual can be a source of social solidarity by signaling trustworthiness and group commitment. A separate line of research expects domestic violence against women to be more common in societies with post-marital residence at the husband’s birthplace (i.e. patrilocality). Thus, we hypothesized that when wives are able to construct strong bonds with the female members of their communities through solidarity-building ri…
Experiences of Divine Bliss, Anger and Evil during the Pandemic: Non-ordinary Experiences during Lockdown
This article illustrates the complexity of non-ordinary experiences during the pandemic, highlighting accounts of three different types of experiences: encounters with divine bliss, anger, and evil. The focus is on four narrative accounts of non-ordinary experiences that were submitted by email in response to a wider research project about religious, spiritual, and otherwise non-ordinary experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The following sec…
Megachurches as Total Environments
Megachurches must be understood as total environments. By providing programmes for nearly every stage of life, megachurches combine a sense of solidarity with a feeling of dependence. Employing Randall Collins’s theory of interaction ritual chains, this chapter shows that the desire for emotional energy (EE), which is interpreted as the physical manifestation of God’s love, has been embraced by megachurches and is the key to understanding their s…
Women-Centered Rituals and Levels of Domestic Violence: A Cross-Cultural Examination of Ritual as a Signaling and Solidarity-Building Strategy
Prior research indicates that ritual can be a source of social solidarity by signaling trustworthiness and group commitment. A separate line of research expects domestic violence against women to be more common in societies with post-marital residence at the husband’s birthplace (i.e. patrilocality). Thus, we hypothesized that when wives are able to construct strong bonds with the female members of their communities through solidarity-building ri…
The Fruits of Spiritual Experiences during the Pandemic: Covid-19 and the Effects of Non-Ordinary Experiences
This paper presents new research about spiritual experiences during the COVID -19 pandemic. The aim is to discuss the impact of spiritual experiences on people’s lives and relationships. Building upon William James’ four features of the “fruits” of religious experience as a conceptual frame, the paper presents data from two surveys in which participants narrated spiritual experiences and reflected on the impacts of those experiences. We start wit…
Interpreting the rapidly changing landscape of spirit tech
Affect, Effervescence, and the Megachurch Ritual Cycle
Examining the structure of megachurch worship services and reports from church members about what they find compelling about their churches, this chapter explores how megachurch rituals generate and maintain high levels of emotional energy within participants. The megachurch ritual cycle shows how each element of the church organization contributes to the collective effervescent energy that speaks directly to participants' desire for transformati…
Experiences of Divine Bliss, Anger and Evil during the Pandemic: Non-ordinary Experiences during Lockdown
This article illustrates the complexity of non-ordinary experiences during the pandemic, highlighting accounts of three different types of experiences: encounters with divine bliss, anger, and evil. The focus is on four narrative accounts of non-ordinary experiences that were submitted by email in response to a wider research project about religious, spiritual, and otherwise non-ordinary experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. The following sec…
Psychology (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Criminology (2 works)