Religion and Spiritual Experience: Revisiting Key Assumptions in Sociology

Authors

Steven F. Cohn, University of Maine
Kyriacos C. Markides, University of Maine

DOI

10.24972/ijts.2013.32.2.34

Abstract

In this paper, we examine the dominant materialist assumption that there is an inherent conflict between sociology, religion, and spirituality. We will suggest that such a conflict is not fundamental and that accepting the possibility that religious experiences might reflect contact with a transcendent reality can enrich the theoretical possibilities of sociology, supplementing rather than replacing existing insights.

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Recommended Citation

Cohn, S. F., & Markides, K. C. (2013). Cohn, S. F., & Markides, K. C. (2013). Religion and spiritual experience: Revisiting key assumptions in sociology. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 32(2), 34–41.. International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, 32 (2). https://doi.org/10.24972/ijts.2013.32.2.34