The Sociology of Religious Experience
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23744752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas V Porpora (0000-0002-9449-910X, Drexel University, corresponding author), Douglas Porpora |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0352 |
| OpenAlex | W2134514334 |
| ISBN | 9781118900772 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
This essay examines the sociology of religious experience within the broader context of how other disciplines also study the same phenomenon. It explains the principle of methodological atheism sociologists have typically employed in the study of religion, which goes back to Peter Berger's The Sacred Canopy . The principle expressly excludes the possibility that subjects of religious experience may actually be experiencing something real that contributes to their experience. As a consequence, other disciplines and even some sociologists have recently departed from methodological atheism in favor of an approach that might be called methodological agnosticism. This essay examines that shift and the research agenda thereby opened up.
Agnosticism · Atheism · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Geography · Phenomenon · Religious experience · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Study and Philosophy of Religion
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |